E SACRIFICE OF THE MASS

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
The Second Edition of this book on the Sacrifice of
the Mass has been carefully revised and corrected. By
the kindness of friends, errors were pointed out to me
which had crept into the text, and they, it is hoped,
have been removed.
Some additions have been made in the body of
the book and an Appendix has been added on the
Language of the Mass. Many non-Catholics and some
well-meaning Catholics are earnest in their demand for
the use of the vernacular in Church Services. There
can be no objection to the vernacular in Services
which are extra-liturgical ; but we have endeavoured
to show that the law which prescribes Latin as the
language of the Mass in the Western Church is another
proof of the wisdom more than human which guides
her counsels.
114, MOUNT STREET, LONDON, W.
Whit Sunday, 1903.
M. GAVIN, S.J.