The Spirit of the Liturgy

Considered by Ratzinger devotees as his greatest work on the Liturgy, this profound and beautifully written treatment of the "great prayer of the Church" will help readers rediscover the Liturgy in all its hidden spiritual wealth and transcendent grandeur as the very center of our Christian life.

In his own foreward to the book, Cardinal Ratzinger compares this work to a much earlier classic of the same title by Romano Guardini because Ratzinger feels that his insights here are similar with what Guardini achieved in his time regarding a renewed understanding of the Liturgy.

"My purpose here is to assist this renewal of understanding of the Liturgy. Its basic intentions coincide with what Guardini wanted to achieve. The only difference is that I have had to translate what Guardini did at the end of the First World War, in a totally different historical situation, into the context of our present-day questions, hopes and dangers. Like Guardini, I am not attempting to involve myself with scholarly discussion and research. I am simply offering an aid to the understanding of the faith and to the right way to give the faith its central form of expression in the Liturgy."

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-13-2009; Wonderfully straighfoward!!; This is a must have for anyone who wants to be more in tune with the liturgy. Pope Benedict XVI provides us with a very holistic view if the liturgy using past sources, and history from the early church to show the evolution of the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Nov-17-2008; Transform your understanding of the liturgy; When Pope Benedict XVI issued the motu proprio "Summorum Pontificum" in July 2007 which liberalized the use of the Traditional Latin Mass, there was commentary and speculations from all over the spectrum as to why the Pope would release...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-01-2008; Not much more to say; I echo what everyone else has said. This book gives you the gift of a more thoughtful approach to worshiping at Mass. Pope Benedict XVI (Cardinal Ratzinger) sometimes uses complex sentence structures (most likely because the book is a...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-09-2008; good service; Highly recommended! Pope Benedict XVI, as always, writes with gripping clarity. His prose never disappoints or wearies the reader. Virtually each sentence sheds light, something true of all his writings. This book plumbs the depth and...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-13-2009; Wonderfully straighfoward!!; This is a must have for anyone who wants to be more in tune with the liturgy. Pope Benedict XVI provides us with a very holistic view if the liturgy using past sources, and history from the early church to show the evolution of the...; read full review | report as inappropriate