Download or read book Catholic Ceremonies and Explanation of the Ecclesiastical Year (Classic Reprint) written by A. Able Durand and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catholic Ceremonies and Explanation of the Ecclesiastical Year To-day the sacred Offices are abandoned by a great number; those who still frequent them find them too long, and, for the majority, the sanctification of Sunday is limited to a simple Low Mass. Whence comes this difference 2 The former understood the beauties of the worship, the mysteries of the liturgy, and the latter, like the idols of which the prophet speaks, have eyes, but see not, and ears, yet hear not. If he who has written these pages attains his end, Sion shall see her ways less deserted upon her solemn feasts the sacred offices will be better understood; and then, in the holy place, each look shall become a prayer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.