The Mass in movements - Conversion Consecration Communion

by R. Thomas Richard

The Mass brings Christ to us! This book can help the reader bring himself to Christ in the Mass, and therefore find Him there, and receive Him. The Holy Mass is the liturgy at the very center of a Catholic Christian life. In the Mass we encounter Christ both in His Word, and in the Holy Eucharist - and in those two encounters, two liturgies, we find three distinct but related movements. In those three movements in the Mass we the Christian people are called first to Conversion, then to Consecration, and then to Communion. Each of the three is an encounter with Christ! All three are preparing us for the final Sending at the close of the Mass. We are a sent sent by Christ by His power, in His name, to finish the work that He began.The Church teaches that the Eucharist is “the Source and Summit” of the Christian life! (Catechism 1324) To personally receive this Source fruitfully - to truly attain the Summit which is present to us - requires of us that we are actually personally present to the reality of the Mass.This book takes the reader through the Mass, interiorly. In each of the major parts of the Mass, the reader is helped to understand and to enter the sacred liturgy with the “full, conscious and active participation” (Catechism 1141) that is necessary for the Mass to do its work in us. This 2nd Edition of this book is a result of a series of presentations in the parish on the Mass and how we "in the pews" can really engage in the active participation needed, in our hearts and minds, as we move through the three Movements.R. Thomas Richard, Ph.D., has earned degrees in ministry and theology, as well as in physics. He has taught at the college and high school levels, has served as a Protestant pastor, and in missionary work among migrant farmworkers. After returning to the Catholic Church and earning a graduate degree in Catholic theology and ministry, he began work in religious education and especially the formation of adults. He is author also of The Ordinary Path to Holiness, The Interior Liturgy of the Our Father, and Encountering Christ in Holy Scripture with Lectio Divina. Dr. Richard serves the Church today with his wife Deborah in adult faith formation.

61 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2012

Reviews

[MariaChristi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the author's most recent e-book. I have recently finished reading it with great joy and profit. It is a book that needs to be read by all Catholics, but especially those who have only a dim understanding of the meaning of the Mass.

As in all his work, the author invites us into a deeper understanding of what God has given to us in Christ. The Mass has been blessing us for over two thousand years, yet today we find some who have lost the sense of their absolute need of this Holy Sacrifice and their need to give themselves to Christ in full participation.

This is a small book but for anyone seeking Truth, it enables an open door to more than we can hope for and imagine is ours in every Mass.