This Is A New Release Of The Original 1920 Edition.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... ROMAN CATHOLIC* Before the Chief Mass on Sundays. Antiphon Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop and I shall he cleansed: thou shalt wash me and I shall be made whiter than snow. Psalm Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. LIBERAL CATHOLIC t Before all Eucharistic Services. Antiphon Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, O Lord, and I shall he clean: Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Psalm I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills: from whence cometh my help. My help cometh even from the Lord: Who hath made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: and He that keepeth thee will not sleep. Behold, He that keepeth Israel: shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord Himself la thy keeper: the Lord is thy * Translation published by Messrs. Barns and Oates, London. t Authorized edition, published by The St. Alban Press. London, Los Angeles, and Sydney. .M) Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Antiphon Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt wash me and I shall be made waiter than snow. defence upon thy right hand. So that the sun shall not smite thee by day: neither the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: yea, it is even He that shall keep thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in: from this time forth for evermore. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Antiphon Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, O Lord, and I shall be clean: Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. The Liturgy begins with the asperges, ..

Charles Webster Leadbeater (16 February 1854 - 1 March 1934) was an influential member of the Theosophical Society, author on occult subjects and co-initiator with J. I. Wedgwood of the Liberal Catholic Church.Originally a clergyman of the Church of England, his interest in spiritualism caused him to end his affiliation with the Church of England in favour of the Theosophical Society, where he became an associate of Annie Besant.Leadbeater's talents as a prolific author on occultism kept him an important presence in Theosophy until his death in 1934.This book, written in 1920. Reveals the true occult meaning behind church ceremonies.Contents:A New Idea of Church WorshipThe Holy EucharistHoly Baptism and ConfirmationHoly OrdersThe Lesser SacramentsThe Altar and its AppurtenancesThe VestmentsMost Holy SacramentThe Soul and its Vestures.Charles Leadbeater has investigated the energies of the Christian sacraments and written about them in this book *The Science of Sacraments: An Occult and Clairvoyant Study of the Christian Eucharist* - one of the most significant works of Christian esotericism.In his prologue to an edition of this book, John Kersey refers to the Eucharist proposed by Leadbeater as "a radical reinterpretation of the context of the Eucharist seen within a theological standpoint of esoteric magic and universal salvation; it is Catholicism expressing the love of God to the full without the burdens of needless guilt and fear, and the false totem of the temporal powers of the church."

The sacraments are at the heart of our life as Catholics, the way we celebrate together our continuing conversion and encounter with God. Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing, Marriage, and Holy Orders 'al are activities that require preparation to bring us to the fullness of our life in community and in Christ. Chapter by chapter, Father Lawrence Mick puts these core experiences into their historical and theological context, and illuminates the ways the sacraments bring us together as God's people. Ever conscious of the complex history of the church and its dynamic relationship to ritual, as well as the varied histories of human communities, Understanding the Sacraments Today is a book to be visited and revisited, a companion to the ongoing and repeated practices that nourish us. Lawrence E. Mick, a priest in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, is a liturgical consultant and writer whose numerous books include Living Baptism Daly, published by Liturgical Press. He has also been active in parish, retreat, and campus ministries.