My Simple Mass Book
Pierpaolo Finaldi
Bernadette Sweetman
David Belmonte (Illustrations)
ISBN 9781860828782
ISBN 1860828787
CTS Booklet CH48
As of the reading of this book over the last few years I have read exactly 400 volumes from the Catholic Truth Society. This is one of a few books in the CTS Children's Books I have read, but I will be tracking down more. The few I have read are all excellent volumes, both for the young and the young at heart!
The description of this book is:
“This illustrated guide to the Mass is an invaluable tool to help children engage with what is happening and why, while interspersing the texts of the Mass with devotional texts and child-friendly explanations. A perfect First Communion gift.
This handy guide to the Mass for children is a must-have for First Communion age children and above. To help enrich their experience of the Mass, the texts of the Mass are colourfully illustrated and interspersed with devotional texts and explanations of the various parts of the Mass, facilitating conscious and active participation on the part of the child.
To further deepen the child's understanding, the illustrations depict not only the events happening in the church during Mass but their theological and personal significance for the child. A perfect First Communion gift and a great tool for teaching children what is happening at Mass and why it is happening.”
The sections in this book are:
Prayer Before Mass
The Introductory Rite
Sign of the Cross
Greetings
Penitential Act
Lord, Have Mercy
Gloria
Collect
Liturgy of the Word
First Reading
Responsorial Psalm
Second Reading
Gospel
Nicene Creed
Apostles’ Creed
Bidding Prayers
Liturgy of the Eucharist
Prayer over the Offerings
The Eucharistic Prayer
Holy, Holy, Holy
The Mystery of Faith
The Doxology
The Communion Rite
The Lord’s Prayer
The Peace
Breaking of the Bread
Invitation to Communion
Prayers Before Holy Communion
Communion Procession
Prayer After Communion
Prayers After Holy Communion
The Concluding Rites
This is a wonderful little volume. Pierpaolo Finaldi and Bernadette Sweetman edited this volume and they did a wonderful job. It is illustrated by David Belmonte, the illustrations are great. Bright and vibrant and very engaging.
It is an excellent little picture mass prayer book. My children are well past the age of picture books but I have loved this and the other CTS Children’s Books I have picked up we donate to their school library. My youngest finished grade 8 (or year 9) this spring but I will continue to pick up CTS Children’s books to give them to the school library. The librarian and teachers have loved them.
We enjoyed this much we pleased to be donating a copy to the School Library, the primary school our children have attended has a resource section for the teachers and we believe this would be a wonderful addition. This is an excellent resource from the Catholic Truth Society. I am very thankful I picked it. A great resource I can easily recommend for church, home, or school library or even classroom prayer corner. I believe I have read all the books by Pierpaolo Finaldi and look forward to reading others from the CTS Children’s Books series.
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