{"product_id":"9780852442951","title":"The Great Prayer","description":"At a time when there is renewed interest in the Extraordinary Rite, Hugh Ross Williamson's classic exposition of the Roman Canon provides a superb commentary to provide priest and people alike with a deeper devotional understanding of the Mass.\u003cp\u003eThe very considerable learning, both historical and theological, which stands behind his writing is never obtrusive, but always serves the main purpose of the book which is devotional.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery paragraph of the Canon is given, both in Latin and in English translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prayers which compose the Canon of the Mass in the Extraordinary Rite are exactly those, without any alteration, which St Augustine said the first time he celebrated Mass in Canterbury when he came to England in the year 597.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI commend this book to all who wish to discover afresh the riches of the Church's Liturgy and thus to renew her life. \u003cbr\u003e + Alan S Hopes\u003cbr\u003e Titular Bishop of Chester le Street\u003cbr\u003e Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHugh Ross Williamson (1901-1978) wrote nineteen plays and more than fifty books, entertaining and informing a wide public from 1933 until the time of his death.\u003cbr\u003eJournalist, historian, novelist, theologian and playwright, he had been an Anglican clergyman from 1940 - 1956 before converting to Catholicism. One of the first to explore the thesis that Shakespeare was a Catholic, much of his work was concerned with the rehabilitation of Catholicism in our understanding of England's history - a process that continues to this day. His popular introduction to St Bernadette and the Apparitions of Our Lady at Lourdes, The Challenge of Bernadette, is also published by Gracewing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gracewing Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012223254768,"sku":"9780852442951","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780852442951_p0.jpg?v=1763756563","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780852442951","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}