An Explanation of the Mass: The Traditional Latin Mass Ideal for Holy Hours

Ideal for Holy Hours

mission serves divine order

who was to become the first abbot of Canterbury

Richard Raby

arguing that true authority is born not from abstract theory but divine providence and historical continuity

An Explanation of the Mass: The Traditional Latin Mass Ideal for Holy HoursIn this masterful exposition of the sacred liturgy, Dom Prosper Guranger, Abbot of Solesmes and towering figure of the nineteenth century Catholic revival, unfolds with rare clarity the meaning and purpose of the prayers and ceremonies of the Traditional Latin Mass. Drawing upon the wisdom of the Churchs tradition, he traces each rite to its doctrinal foundations giving both the historical origins of these venerable practices and their enduring