The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: The Mystery of Christ's Love

by Michael Müller

Few Catholics have anywhere near an adequate appreciation for the glory and splendors of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass—the central aspect of our Holy Faith. Fr. Michael Mueller’s famous masterpiece on this glorious subject will come as a magnificent and direly needed revelation to many Catholic souls. Father Mueller joins a wealth of Catholic traditions, biblical facts, and enthralling true stories from Catholic history and the lives of the saints to show that in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, we possess something of infinite the only gift we can offer to Almighty God which is not miserably unworthy of Him and through which we can obtain from God every possible favor.

The Catholic Church is the only home for our dear Savior. The Catholic Church is the only place on earth that has a true and holy spirit of sacrifice worthy of offering to God. The Catholic Church is the only place where we can receive the full splendors of grace through the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Eternity will not be too long for us to regret missing a single Mass, and the reader will be given scores of reasons to convince him that every transient sacrifice pales in comparison with the bounty received from participating just once in the eternal Sacrifice. The reader of  The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass  will soon come to realize that the Mass is an inexhaustible mine of graces, the source of all favors from God, and absolutely the thing of greatest value in the entire universe. 
 

Genres: Catholic, Theology

584 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1874

About the author

Father Michael Mueller, C.SS.R., was born in 1825 in Germany. He later joined the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, and was one of eleven clerics sent to the United States by the American Redemptorist Provincial. Upon completion of his theology studies in Maryland, he was ordained in 1853 by John Nepomucene Neumann. He served the Redemptorist communities in the U.S. as Consulter to the Provincial, as well as Superior and Novice Master. Father Mueller is the author of The Blessed Eucharist, Prayer: The Key to Salvation, Triumph of the Blessed Sacrament, The Prodigal Son, and God the Teacher of Mankind. He died in 1899.

Reviews

[John Ray Catingub · Rating 5 out of 5]

An awe-inspiring read that will help the reader to fully grasp the gravity of the Eucharistic sacrifice of the Mass, and the demands that are placed on us by God in His desire for us to love Him. Though large sections of the book delve into theology, first of the True Presence and then of the Mass as representations of different aspects of the Life of Christ, (and even then, smaller sections elaborating on Mass's ceremonies), these foundations are necessary for the appreciation and understanding of the Mass. Rich with stories of holy men and women, saints and various blessed and venerable Catholics, the book demands faith of the reader to believe in what generations of Catholics have readily accepted. Especially after the failures of modern catechesis in the Church, this is an important read that will surely change one's life, view of the Mass, and Catholic faith for the better.

[Bri · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was written almost 150 years ago and it is still so relevant today. The world needs this book now more than ever.

[Camden · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read on the Holy Sacrifice

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is huge and its got a cool couple chapters on this exorcism that'll make you a Catholic in a heartbeat. After those chapters the book is hard to focus on, but its got a lot of content.