Since its initial publication in 2006, Paul Turner's"Let Us Pray" has become a valuale resource for understanding, planning, and celebrating the Eucharist.This new edition, thoroughly updated by the author to be in full continuity with the Revised English Translation of"The Roman Missal," will be one that priests, liturgical ministers, planners, and students will want to keep close at hand.
Turner offers helpful explanations for the principal rubrics for a typical Sunday Mass. He reflects on the place of ritual within the context of Catholic piety and then explores the regulations governing the furnishings, vestments, and ministers. Hecarefully walks readers through the entire Mass from the entrance procession to the dismissal. The book is cross-referenced to answer most questions about the Sunday ritual.
"Pal Turner is pastor of St. Anthony Parish in Kansas City, Missouri. A priest of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, he holds a doctorate in sacred theology from the Athenaeum of Saint Anselm in Rome. He is the author of "Glory in the Cross: Holy Week in the Third Edition of The Roman Missal," "When Other Christians Become Catholic," and many other titles. He is a former President of the North American Academy of Liturgy and a team member for the North American Forum on the Catechumenate. He is a member of "Societas Liturgica" and the Catholic Academy of Liturgy. He serves as a facilitator for the International Commission on English in the Liturgy."
