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THE TEXT OF THE MASS
THE TEXT OF THE MASS PART 1 - INTRODUCTION TO THE MASS The Second Vatican Council declared that the Mass is the summit towards which the activity of the Church is directed, the fountain from which all her power flows. In the words of the Venerable Cardinal Newman, nothing is so consoling, so piercing, so thrilling, so overcoming as the Mass. Father Frederick Faber described it as the "most beautiful thing this side of Heaven". For Catholics, it's the Mass that unbloody re-presentation of Christ's sacrifice on Calvary. And for two thousand years, Catholics have been obeying Our Lord's command at the Last Supper "Do this in memory of Me".
The Council of Trent, in the mid-sixteenth century, opposed the anarchy of these new services and ordered that Mass should be celebrated uniformly everywhere. In 1570, St Pius V published the new, restored Missal. But the rite established following the Council of Trent - the so-called Tridentine rite - was not a new form of the Mass. Pope Pius
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