The Mass and the Interior Life

{"id":8138308944053,"title":"The Mass and the Interior Life","handle":"the-mass-and-the-interior-life","description":"\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-family: Merriweather, serif;\"\u003eThis book is the second English edition of the book which was originally published in Portuguese in 1936. It is a profound reflection on the Traditional Latin Mass. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-family: Merriweather, serif;\"\u003e\"We must live the holy Mass. The holy Mass is the centre around which the whole liturgy revolves. And the liturgy is the primary and indispensable source of the true Christian spirit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-family: Merriweather, serif;\"\u003eConsequently the Mass must be the centre of every perfect Christian life. This life is called interior in as much as it is hidden with Christ in God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-family: Merriweather, serif;\"\u003eThe Mass must therefore be the centre of all our interior life. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-family: Merriweather, serif;\"\u003eThese pages, now collected in one small volume, have been written for the purpose of helping the faithful, ordinary souls, to attain one most important object: active participation in the holy Sacrifice of the Mass; so that, consciously and deliberately, they may offer the sacred Victim, offer themselves and be nourished by receiving the holy Eucharist. In a word: that they may live the blessed Eucharist, the sacrifice and the sacrament, in its entirety, and that by living it they may sanctify themselves more and more, for that is the will of God: \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eHaec est voluntas Dei\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003esanctificatio vestra\u003c\/em\u003e (I Thess. IV, 3).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-family: Merriweather, serif;\"\u003eIn writing these pages, I have been inspired by a heartfelt desire to do something for the good of souls: to make the holy Mass better known and consequently more deeply loved and lived, for it is the centre of all our worship, the soul of our religion, the complete programme of our sanctity and a wonderful summary of dogma and morals. If I succeed in this I shall have co-operated in spreading the kingdom of God among men and disposed recognition of God’s rights over their lives.\" — From the Preface\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-family: Merriweather, serif;\"\u003e5.5 x 8.5 \/ Paperback \/ 118 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","published_at":"2025-01-14T16:43:38-06:00","created_at":"2025-01-14T16:43:38-06:00","vendor":"Bernardo Vasconcelos, OSB","type":"Books - Dist","tags":["Books","Liturgical","Mass and Liturgy"],"price":1495,"price_min":1495,"price_max":1495,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":45019636924597,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"8898","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Mass and the Interior Life","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1495,"weight":159,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781989905364","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/angeluspress.org\/cdn\/shop\/files\/8898TheMassandtheInteriorLifesq.jpg?v=1736973382"],"featured_image":"\/\/angeluspress.org\/cdn\/shop\/files\/8898TheMassandtheInteriorLifesq.jpg?v=1736973382","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":31499631558837,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"width":1000,"src":"\/\/angeluspress.org\/cdn\/shop\/files\/8898TheMassandtheInteriorLifesq.jpg?v=1736973382"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/angeluspress.org\/cdn\/shop\/files\/8898TheMassandtheInteriorLifesq.jpg?v=1736973382","width":1000}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-family: Merriweather, serif;\"\u003eThis book is the second English edition of the book which was originally published in Portuguese in 1936. It is a profound reflection on the Traditional Latin Mass. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-family: Merriweather, serif;\"\u003e\"We must live the holy Mass. The holy Mass is the centre around which the whole liturgy revolves. And the liturgy is the primary and indispensable source of the true Christian spirit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-family: Merriweather, serif;\"\u003eConsequently the Mass must be the centre of every perfect Christian life. This life is called interior in as much as it is hidden with Christ in God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-family: Merriweather, serif;\"\u003eThe Mass must therefore be the centre of all our interior life. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-family: Merriweather, serif;\"\u003eThese pages, now collected in one small volume, have been written for the purpose of helping the faithful, ordinary souls, to attain one most important object: active participation in the holy Sacrifice of the Mass; so that, consciously and deliberately, they may offer the sacred Victim, offer themselves and be nourished by receiving the holy Eucharist. In a word: that they may live the blessed Eucharist, the sacrifice and the sacrament, in its entirety, and that by living it they may sanctify themselves more and more, for that is the will of God: \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eHaec est voluntas Dei\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003esanctificatio vestra\u003c\/em\u003e (I Thess. IV, 3).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-family: Merriweather, serif;\"\u003eIn writing these pages, I have been inspired by a heartfelt desire to do something for the good of souls: to make the holy Mass better known and consequently more deeply loved and lived, for it is the centre of all our worship, the soul of our religion, the complete programme of our sanctity and a wonderful summary of dogma and morals. If I succeed in this I shall have co-operated in spreading the kingdom of God among men and disposed recognition of God’s rights over their lives.\" — From the Preface\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; font-family: Merriweather, serif;\"\u003e5.5 x 8.5 \/ Paperback \/ 118 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n"}