Honest to Goodness: Personal Reflections on the Liturgy

For regular mass goers, the liturgy can become a familiar road to the destination of Holy Communion and we can stroll past gifts that wait for us in words and phrases. There is a wealth of divine connection in the liturgy if we are open to receive it.

The contents of this book are not exegesis or commentary, but pauses on the road to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying. This form of lectio divina can be called "listening with the ears of the heart," and Joy invites the reader to make their own sacred pauses during the mass. Hear what they are meant to hear, and write their own prayer responses.

"Joy gave me a copy of these reflections on the Mass ...., they are wonderful. Her deep insights and reflective wanderings through the Mass gave me many new images which helped me to pray and to come to a greater appreciation of the Mass. They are truly helpful and will assist many to "pray the Mass" and draw closer to God." Cardinal John Dew, Wellington, NZ.