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Acknowledgments Many people have generously assisted me in this endeavor. Nathan Mitchell gave me the breadth and depth of his wisdom in matters liturgical, and he responded to many questions, offered various suggestions, and read the manuscript at various stages and in its totality with a critical eye and generous heart. Eleanor Bernstein, C.S.J., and the resources of the Center for Pastoral Liturgy at the University of Notre Dame were ever helpful, and their annual conferences inspirational as well as informative. Fr. Herman Reith, C.S.C., a former teacher and mentor of mine in my undergraduate days, suggested the idea and gave me the encouragement to undertake this topic. Jeff Gainey at the University of Notre Dame Press not only guided me through the many tasks involved in publication, but he also read the manuscript more than once and gave substantive suggestions for its emendation and improvement. Matt Dowd, also with the press, suggested many improvements in clarity and arrangement. I thank Susan Pusztai for permission to use her “A Poem of Glory.” Fr. James Burtchaell , C.S.C., gave me my initial introduction and lifelong love xi of liturgy some fifty years ago. The support of the members of the Congregation of Holy Cross, as well as the faculty and students of the Program of Liberal Studies and the University of Notre Dame, is so constant as to be unnoticed, but it is not taken for granted. I remain grateful and beholden to all these people and others unmentioned, whose contributions I may have forgotten or overlooked. “No man is an island” is a wisdom well understood by authors. AC K N OW L E D G M E N T S xii ...

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