Publisher's Synopsis
This volume collects the papers given at the Fourteenth Fota International Liturgical Conference, held in 2023, on the centrality of the concept of sacrifice in understanding the Eucharistic liturgy. The subject is treated from various biblical, theological, liturgical and historical perspectives, ranging from how the Mass fulfils the sacrifices of the Old Testament, to aspects of Joseph Ratzinger's theology of the Eucharist, to the reform of the offertory in the Mass, and to the effects of modern liturgical reform on ritual itself. These proceedings are an important contribution to the ongoing post-conciliar recovery of the Church's perennial teaching on the sacrifice of the Mass, a teaching deeply rooted in both scripture and tradition.
