Short Instructions for Low Masses: Or the Sacraments Explained

Excerpt from Short Instructions for Low Masses: Or the Sacraments ExplainedThe following instructions on the Seven Sac raments, given in the Church of St. Thomas Aquinas, Brooklyn, n.y., during the year 1888, were not originally intended for publication. The editor of the new york freeman's jour nal, who for the greater part of that year was a regular attendant at the services in our Church, requested permission to publish them weekly in the columns of that paper, and kindly offered to have them electrotyped. These Instructions were prepared at a time when other activities incidental to the management of a new parish, and the direction of the Archconfraternity of the Guard of Honor, left but little time for literary work of any kind. It was only at the urgent request of priests in different parts of the country that we consented to have them pub lished in book form. In our own estimation, they have but little merit. If they meet the approval of the clergy, they will soon find their way into Catholic families, and will, we trust, be of some assistance to the priest in his great mission as the Teacher of Mankind.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.