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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Mass in a Month’ Series Walks Catholics Through Every Part of the Liturgy, by Mary Rose – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Dr. Edward Sri and Fr. Mike Schmitz sit alongside their co-authored Pocket Guide to the Mass (Photo courtesy of Ascension)

By Mary Rose, Zeale, May 1, 2026

Many Catholics can recite many of the prayers of the Mass by heart, but – if they’re honest – can’t fully explain them. The Mass is full of deeply meaningful gestures and words that are widely memorized through repetition but may leave most without a clear sense of what is being done and said or to whom.

Theologian Edward Sri spoke to Zeale News about how every element of the Liturgy is legible – if only Catholics are given the tools to understand it.

“We go through the motions,” he said. “We show up and we just kind of say the prayers almost robotically. We know they’re important, we know it’s sacred, but we miss out on how each one of these little prayers and each one of these little liturgical actions is a window into a deeper encounter with the living God.” ….

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