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I’ve gained so much from this small booklet. It’s unbelievable! Truly a channel of God’s grace. My appreciation and awe for the Mass increased dramatically after reading this.","date":"Dec 13th 2024"},{"name":"Joe Pickett","rating":"5","title":"The Wonders of the Mass","text":"I am preparing for middle schoolers an introduction to the Mass, and this book gives lots of info you will not find anywhere else. I have had this book before, but needed to get it to my colleagues. I don&#039;t just like it, I love it! ","date":"Nov 8th 2024"},{"name":"ANNE MARIE BRANDT","rating":"5","title":"Benefits of the Mass","text":"This is an Awesome book! I have read it several times and each time, something new jumps out at me! Don’t miss reading this gem!","date":"May 29th 2024"},{"name":"Steven McEvoy","rating":"5","title":"Excellent!","text":"This was the second volume from Father Paul that I have read. 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It is the second by Father Paul I have read and it will not be the last. Right now, legally I cannot attend mass. But I can attend online masses. I have been able to attend Latin Masses, Extraordinary forms of the mass, and mass by several priests who I have read books from and follow-on social media. Not being able to attend mass for most of the past year has mad me realize how important and central it is to my life. This book offers tips and advice for appreciating the mass more. And for realizing it’s power and centrality to our faith. And even if I am mostly watching online this book can help me to learn to go deeper.\r\n\r\nSome of the sections I highlighted my first time through this volume are:\r\n\r\n“The Mass is the greatest wonder in the world. There is nothing on Earth equal to it, and there is nothing in Heaven greater than it.”\r\n\r\n“No intelligent, no enlightened Christian would fail to attend Mass if he only knew what it was.”\r\n\r\n“By hearing Mass, the day would become worth a thousand days to them, so wonderful would be the graces and benefits they should receive.”\r\n\r\n“Similar wonderful favors are granted to the humblest of the faithful, to anyone who hears Mass devoutly.”\r\n\r\n“St. John Damascene: “If anyone wishes to know how the bread is changed into the Body of Jesus Christ, I will tell him. The Holy Ghost overshadows the priest and acts on him as He acted on the Blessed Virgin Mary.””\r\n\r\n“4. Nothing on this Earth, nothing in Heaven itself, gives more glory to God and obtains more benefits for us than a single Mass.”\r\n\r\n“7. No prayers, no suffrages, no matter how fervent, can help the Holy Souls as the Mass. Oh, let us think of the Souls in Purgatory! Among them may be our dear father and mother and friends. We can help them most easily, we can relieve their awful pains most efficaciously by hearing Mass for them.”\r\n\r\n“All good Christians would do well to follow these holy examples and ask God every time they hear Mass to grant them the grace of a holy death and freedom from the fires of Purgatory.”\r\n\r\n“One Mass heard with understanding and devotion obtains for us more graces than a hundred, than a thousand Masses heard carelessly and in ignorance of what the Mass is.”\r\n\r\n“Remember, Dear Reader, that the day you hear Mass is worth a thousand days to you, that all the labors and works of a day, or a week, or a whole year are nothing in comparison with the value of one Mass.”\r\n\r\nAs can be see by these samples from the book. The book helps us realize the importance of the Mass. Helps us learn to draw in deeper during mass. And helps us to get the most out of the mass. 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