MASS: OUR LIFE'S JOURNEY
Meditations and Prayers Along the Way

In 64 brief meditations on each detail of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the reader is led to a deeper appreciation of that celebration which has been at the center of the spiritual formation of the faithful from the time it was instituted by Christ 2000 years ago. In the Introductory Rites, for example, we pilgrims on the spiritual journey go through a purifying formation. We repent of our sins and faults and God cleanses us. In the Liturgy of the Word, we are enlightened in the ways in which we can imitate Christ who instructs and accompanies us on our day by day journey through life. This is the path of illuminating reformation. And in the Liturgy of the Eucharist, we are invited to the banquet of the Lord where we are nurtured and given the strength to live the Christian life in our daily pursuits. The body, blood, soul and divinity of Christ become our food and bring about in us a unifying transformation wherein we surrender to God in faith and trust and the Blessed Trinity deepens its life in us. In breaking down each part of the Mass in this fashion, the book confronts the reader with practical challenges for action as it opens up the hidden mysteries of the Holy Sacrifice that we so often take for granted

About the Author: Kenneth W. Peters was associated with the National Catholic Register System of Newspapers from 1954-1962 and was editor of Ave Maria publications, Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, IN from 1962-1991. He served for a number of years as Associate Editor of Ave Maria Magazine and as Editor of Spiritual Book Associates. From 1991-2001 he was active in the Association of Theological Schools Epiphany Lay Formation Academy (ELFA), Pittsburgh and Indianapolis with spiritual mentors Father Adrian van Kaam, C.S.Sp., Ph.D., and Susan Muto, Ph.D. Recently he has made presentations at Memorial Hospital's Leighton Center for Senior Health and the Forever Learning Institute in South Bend, IN, also visiting the Holy Cross Care and Rehabilitation Center in South Bend as part of its Spiritual Care Program.