Sacred Mysteries: Sacramental Principles and Liturgical Practice by Smolarski, Dennis C - 1995

A theological introduction to the seven sacraments. Sacred Mysteries provides a general introduction to the role of ritual, in terms of certain fundamental principles. In discussion of each of the seven sacraments, which follows, he goes from principle to practice, from Church norms to concrete examples. He writes with clarity, accuracy, and pastoral insight.

Father Smolarski is a member of the Jesuit community and a faculty member at Santa Clara University, California. He is also the author of Eucharistia: A Study of the Eucharistic Prayer, How Not to Say Mass, and Liturgical Literacy.