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 involves (in a priest) the performance of such, or similar, actions.

Every priest of our communion ought to be profoundly thankful that he has for his mass-rite, a Catholic liturgy in his own mother-tongue, understood by the people, and "a rite which contains every feature regarded as important whether by the Latins or by the Greeks; and one also from which has been eliminated every word seemingly condemnatory of, or inconsistent with, any definition touching the Blessed Sacrament which either Rome or Constantinople has set forth." Surely, such a rite should not be shorn of fitting ceremonial, by which the people may be edified, their devotion increased, their faith strengthened, and God glorified. The best of liturgical authority can be given for whatsoever is herein set forth, but for the sake of brevity all references to liturgical authors, save in two or three instances, have been omitted. . New York, Oct. 1st, 1921