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This book invites the readers either to discover or to increase their understanding of Catholicism, one of the cornerstones of Western culture. The symbols of the Catholic Church are at once human and divine, material and spiritual, for they are the very incarnation of the Word of God. Here Father La Gall examines the people at the heart of the church, its saints and biblical figures, the sacraments, songs, gestures and vestments as well as sacred objects and the church's liturgical calendar. Book jacket.

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• Foreword(p. 7)
• Introduction(p. 8)
• I The Heart of the Mystery
• The Trinity(p. 12)
• Jesus Christ(p. 18)
• The Cross(p. 22)
• The Vigin Mary(p. 28)
• The Church(p. 32)
• The Angels(p. 38)
• The Saints(p. 40)
• II Sacraments
• Baptism(p. 42)
• Confirmation(p. 44)
• Mass(p. 46)
• Holy Orders(p. 52)
• Matrimony(p. 60)
• Penance(p. 62)
• Anointing of the Sick(p. 64)
• III Hymns, Gestures, Vestments
• Song and Music(p. 66)
• Gestures and Postures(p. 70)
• Sacred Vestments(p. 76)
• Pontifical Insignia(p. 80)
• IV Sacred Signs
• Scripture(p. 84)
• The Altar(p. 90)
• Bread and Wine(p. 94)
• The Tabernacle(p. 100)
• Candles(p. 102)
• Incense(p. 104)
• Water(p. 106)
• Holy Oils(p. 108)
• The Rosary(p. 110)
• V The Liturgical Calendar(p. 112)
• Advent
• Christmas
• Epiphany
• Candlemas
• Lent
• Easter
• The Ascension
• Pentecost
• Trinity
• Corpus Christi Day
• The Sacred Heart
• The Assumption
• All Saints' Day
• Christ the King
• Conclusion(p. 127)

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In 1963, at the age of seventeen, Father Dom Robert Le Gall began his monastic training at the abbey of Sainte-Anne de Kergonan in Brittany. From 1970 until 1974 he studied theology at the abbey of Solesmes, after which he was ordained a priest. Then he took a master's degree in theology at Freiburg, Switzerland. On his return to France, he was made Prior (the second-in-command to the Abbot) as well as Guest Master of Sainte-Anne's. He was elected Abbot of Kergonan in 1983. Father Le Gall is the author of many books dealing with the Catholic liturgy, as well as studies of church rituals and of the life of Saint Benedict
Laziz Hamani has been taking photographs since the age of twelve. Besides his work for magazines and the media, he also pursues his own projects, which have led to a series of personal exhibitions in France and Italy since 1976.