Rev. Fr. Martin Von Cochem - The Incredible Catholic Mass
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Nihil Obstat: Thomas L. Kinkead
Censor Librorum
Imprimatur: Michael Augustine
Archbishop of New York, New York
June 24, 1896
Originally published in 1704 in German under the title Die heilige Messe fr die Weltleute Holy Mass for Everyonein Cologne. First published in English in 1896 by Benziger Brothers under the title Cochems Explanation of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass . Published in 1997 by TAN Books, an Imprint of Saint Benedict Press, LLC. in this more current translation.
Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 97-60902
ISBN: 978-0-89555-608-0
Cover design by Caroline Kiser.
Printed and bound in the United States of America.
TAN Books
An Imprint of Saint Benedict Press, LLC
Charlotte, North Carolina
2012
For if the blood of goats and of oxen, and the ashes of a heifer being sprinkled, sanctify such as are defiled, to the cleansing of the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the Holy Ghost offered himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, to serve the living God?
Hebrews 9:1314
Publishers Preface
Before they would read The Incredible Catholic Mass , probably not ten percent of lay adult Catholics today know even ten percent of what this book contains. Yet most Catholics behave as though they know all they need to about the Mass, and inducing them to read anything about it would be difficult at bestlargely because most books on the Mass are dry and theologically oriented, not aimed at the reader personally, as this one is. That is why, in searching for a suitable title for this modernized translation of Fr. Martin von Cochems Die heilige Messe fr die Weltleute (Holy Mass for Everyone), we have chosen the very provocative title, The Incredible Catholic Mass . For truly that is what the Mass is, incredibleas a reading of Fr. Cochems book will proveincredible indeed that Almighty God should have given mankind such a stupendous gift, such a powerful tool, such a limitless resource, one wherewith to obtain from Him whatever of a legitimate nature we may ask for (so long as we are in the state of grace, of course, and pray with confidence, constancy and humility).
Fr. Martin von Cochem, O.S.F. (1625-1712) was a German Franciscan priest and a learned theologian who entered the religious state while yet quite young, and after the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) and the plague which followed itwhich wrought such tremendous devastation to Germany that there was as high as eighty percent depopulation in some areashe was appalled at the religious ignorance of his people. To rectify this deplorable situation, he set about to compose popularly oriented books on numerous religious topics.
By far the most popular of his works, and universally acknowledged as the best, is the present book on the Mass, titled in its original English edition, Cochems Explanation of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and often simply called An Explanation of the Mass . (Also well known to English readers is the authors book The Four Last ThingsDeath, Judgment, Hell, Heaven , TAN, 1987, which has been instrumental in the conversion of many people.)
The Incredible Catholic Mass is fundamentally an explanation of the essence of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and though it is based on the Traditional Latin Mass, it is not really about that rite of Mass at all, but about the Mass in general , about any and every Mass, in whatever riteabout the essence of the Mass. Basically, t he book is an instruction in what the Mass actually is in itself and how we may offer it with the priest in the most intelligent and effective manner , bringing thereby the greatest possible benefit to ourselves, to those for whom we pray, to the Poor Souls in Purgatory, to the Universal Church and to the society in which we live.
Devout Catholics today often groan over the moral atrocities that are being committed by their fellow citizens, and oftentimes even by their own relatives and friends. But for the most part they do not realize they have within reach in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass the antidote to all the evils they decry. Many also lament the apostatizing of their children and other loved ones, yet they are seemingly unaware that the means of bringing them back to the One Fold is no farther than the nearest Masswhen intelligently offered with proper devotion and the normal requisites for effective prayer. For the Mass, as Fr. Martin von Cochem so ably demonstrates, is, so to speak, the direct line to the heart of God, because we have as intercessor and mediator in the Mass none other than Jesus Christ, the Son of God Himself. Therefore, the Mass is the spiritual tool for obtaining from God whatever good we can rightfully ask for.
The present edition of Fr. Cochems book on the Mass is being made available in this inexpensive edition in the interest of widespread distribution and thereby of challenging Catholics and non-Catholics alike to familiarize themselves with the nature of the Mass and why it is that we should attend it often, even daily if possible. The world seems to be fast approaching a cataclysmic crisis of universal dimensionsome even believe the End of the Worldand people need the consolation and encouragement that this book contains, so that they will know for certain that God has not abandoned them, or the world, but that it is wethrough our infidelity, negligence, ignorance and indifferencewho have abandoned God, and the means He has given us to help solve all our problems.
This answer sounds simple. But like all true answers to great and complex problems, it is simple! Implementing this answer, however, will take a person a little study. It will take the study of this present book. No one should say to himself, I know about the Mass, until he has read this book. If people really knew about the Massafter the manner that this book instructsCatholic churches would be full every day at Mass-time. After all, every one of us wants good things for himself, and if someone were to hold them forth on a silver platter for us to take just for the asking, no one would decline. Yet, far more indeed is being extended to us by the very hand of God in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and most of us do not even realize it, nor so much as raise our hand to receive it!
Accept, then, Dear Reader, the challenge to immerse yourself in the contents of this seemingly divinely inspired book, that you may come to the realization that God has provided us the means by which to obtain from Him whatever that is good that we can rightfully ask for. Read this book and be informed about what your God has done for you, what incredible means He has put at your disposal, means by which you may obtain from Him whatever you have a right to ask. Read it through from beginning to end, and then start again to read back through it, slowly, every day, a chapter at a time, until its concepts are your own and until you know perfectly what it teaches and how to apply its principles in your prayer life. Then, every few years, read it again.
Thereafter, in your personal life no problem will assail you that you cannot overcome by applying the principles elucidated in this book. There will be no legitimate favor you cannot obtain from Almighty God by praying after the manner taught here. Grasping this power and making it your own is simply a matter of first learning what you have at your disposal in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and then applying that knowledge with faith! May God bless you and reward your effort a thousandfold!
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