Distractions, fatigue, boredom at Sunday worship-maybe we experience these because we don't fully appreciate what's going on at Mass. Howard's profound and practical look at the liturgy focuses our wandering minds. It reminds us that Mass the veil separating earth and heaven lifts, so that we stand with angels and saints in the presence of God Most High.

"Every Catholic needs this book.
I need this book."
-Scott Hahn

Thomas Howard is professor of English at St. John's Seminary College in Boston. His many books include The Achievements of C.S. Lewis and Lead Kindly Light: My Journey to Rome.