{"product_id":"whose-mass-is-it-why-people-care-so-much-about-the-catholic-liturgy-9780814648674","title":"Whose Mass Is It?: Why People Care So Much about the Catholic Liturgy","description":"When changes happen to the Catholic Mass, opinions are strong and diverse. Everyone feels in some way that the Mass is theirs. It is. Or is it? \u003ci\u003eWhose Mass is it?\u003c\/i\u003e And what should people do to claim it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Whether or not adult Catholics attend Mass regularly, they strongly bond with it. Within a single generation, English-speaking Catholics experienced the Second Vatican Council's authorization for the first overhaul of the liturgy in four hundred years, and then, in 2011, they prepared for and implemented a revised vernacular translation. Each of these two events awakened strong feelings as people gradually became aware that someone else's decision was going to affect the cornerstone of their spiritual life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eWhose Mass Is It? \u003c\/i\u003ePaul Turner examines the impact of the Mass, the connections it makes, and its purpose in the lives of believers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTurner, Paul:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePaul Turner is pastor of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City, Missouri and director of the Office of Divine Worship for the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. He holds a doctorate in sacred theology from Sant' Anselmo in Rome.He is a former president of the North American Academy of Liturgy and 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. His publications include \u003ci\u003eOne Love: A Pastoral Guide to the Order of Celebrating Matrimony\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInseparable Love: A Commentary on The Order of Celebrating Matrimony in the Catholic Church\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlory in the Cross: Holy Week in the Third Edition of The Roman Missal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLet Us Pray: A Guide to the Rubrics of Sunday Mass\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhose Mass Is It? Why People Care So Much about the Catholic Liturgy, \u003c\/i\u003e all published by Liturgical Press. He is also a contributor to \u003ci\u003eGive Us This Day\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liturgical Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413340852498,"sku":"9780814648674","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4179fc62-9b08-4847-a72f-7f66e6e9141e.jpg?v=1729352773","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/whose-mass-is-it-why-people-care-so-much-about-the-catholic-liturgy-9780814648674","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}