As the Mass is the centre and source of a Christian’s spiritual life, for some time there has been a need for a book like this, one which leads the reader to a doctrinal and devotional understanding of the Sacrifice and to discover how the other activities in one’s day relate to it.

In placing the eucharistic sacrifice within a historical context, Fr. Suarez enables the reader to reflect both on the essence of the Mass and on the richness of its liturgy.