If you’re looking for a good guide to the Mass, check out Praying the Mass: The Prayers of the People. It’s by Jeff Pinyan, who blogs at The Cross Reference.
If you’ve ever felt like you’ve been sleepwalking through the Mass, you need this book. Jeff opens up the mysteries for us and reveals the Mass to be the most exciting moment of our lives — indeed, of all human history. He illuminates every word and gesture, bell and smell. So buy the book and lift up your hearts! Thanks be to God!
The title of this post reminds me of a story.
Long ago, when I was a youngster, one of the priests at my home parish was Fr. James Power (no “s” on the end). He claimed that in the dismissal rite of his ordination Mass, the bishop announced “Power to the People!”