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The Book of Ceremonies

出版	Bruce Publishing Company, 1943
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=F-AvAAAAYAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋"Many volumes have been written on the Rubrics of the Sacred Liturgy. Among them are the works of the classic authorities which treat extensively and profoundly the sacred ceremonies. These works are and will be remain the authorities for Masters of Ceremonies. And there are the manuals and treatises, based on the authorities, intended for those who for one reason or another need shorter, easier references. Father O'Connell's book belongs to this category. On first thought it may seem that this book fills no particular need since there are so many manuals of the same sort. However experience demands just the kind of work Father O'Connell has given us. We are poor in our language in our want of a practical, comprehensive guide for the exquisite doing of the Sacred Liturgy in our ordinary circumstances and conditions. Besides, the few existing manuals omit the exposition of fundamental principles which have so much to do with the decorous doing of the Sacred Liturgy. Father O'Connell senses the needs of parish priests who are anxious to offer Liturgical Worship in a fitting manner. They want a manual which, in giving them succinctly the plan of the Ceremonies, includes an easy exposition of fundamental principles. In a thoroughly scholarly way Father O'Connell has given us a practical manual, which will help greatly the parish priest."--