Light of the World: Daily Meditations on the Traditional Mass

Finding time to reflect on God's overwhelming omnipresence is difficult in light of man's seemingly endless list of responsibilities, obligations, and diversions. Yet, even if we can just spare a few minutes a day for prayer and reflection, we will reap great benefits and be able to realign our lives with the Church's holy prayer. Piety in the liturgy is essential for our sanctification because it immerses us in the mystery of our faith and cultivates in us a disposition of love and adoration for the divine.

Dom Benedict Baur, O.S.B.'s spiritual classic The Light of the World is presented here for the first time in one book, and it contains a year's worth of profound meditations organised around the liturgical seasons of the Catholic Church. Following in the illustrious footsteps of Prosper Gueranger, The Light of the World provides a "daily retreat" for each day of the Church year via the prayers of the traditional Roman Rite, so reviving the individual's spiritual life on a daily basis. A few of the features are as follows:

To prolong the blessings of the Church's ancient liturgy throughout one's whole day, The Light of the World is an appropriate companion book, presenting spiritually rich but approachable thoughts. Dom Baur gives readers a comprehensive tour of our faith's richness via the lens of traditional liturgy in an effort to conserve and pass on those riches to future generations.