As the Vatican ll Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy confirms, man, not an altar, stands at the centre of the Church's worship. Though this book gives adequate coverage to altars as it does to other items of church furniture and to the liturgy's rubrics, the author's purpose is to write about the liturgy, liturgical instruction and religious education as thoughts, words and deeds in the service of personal realization, leading to a fuller life in Christ. The liturgical revival has achieved an alteration in the layman's role in communal worship: where, before, he looked on, he now actively celebrates with the priest. There is as a result much more for him to understand and a much greater chance.of achieving understanding. How ls he to make use of this chance? This is as much an anthropological problem as it is an educational one. The author tackles it in many
of its aspects in a book, free from technical jargon, written for anyone concerned with the passing on of the meaning of worship.