The Paschal Mystery: Meditations on the Last Three Days of Holy Week Format:Paperback but the sword

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(Etienne Gilson)

published in English on the eve of Mauriac winning the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature

The Paschal Mystery: Meditations on the Last Three Days of Holy Week Format:Paperback but the swordBy Louis Bouyer Introduction by Michael Heintz The Sacred Triduum is both source and zenith of the Catholic liturgical year. In this illuminating volume, Louis Bouyer explains the liturgies of the last three days of Holy Week, their storied history, rich symbolism, and profound spiritual powerunderscoring the ultimate reality of the Paschal Mystery as the Mystical Body of Christs participation in the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus.