Description
This inspiring book unveils the incomparable history of the Catholics of Ireland, who clung valiantly to the Faith for hundreds of years through some of the worst persecutions ever inflicted on a people. Their unrelenting love of the Most Blessed Sacrament is a clarion call for us in these times when attendance at Holy Mass has waned and the desacralization of the liturgy advances.
From the golden hour in which St. Patrick, as bishop, said his first Mass on Irish soil down to the coming of the Normans, love of the Blessed Eucharist was one of the dominant characteristics of the Irish race. Even during the Protestant Reformation, with its monastery closures, confiscation of Church treasures, and universally hostile treatment of Catholics, King Henry VIII nevertheless left one thing untouched -- the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. But the attacks would soon begin.
You will be astonished by the assaults on the Mass during Queen Elizabeth's "reign of terror," which resulted in th
Author: Augustine Hayden
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
Published: 08/15/2023
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.79d
ISBN13: 9781644139080
ISBN10: 1644139081
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity | Catholic