In this book, Carstens shows the meaning of ritual, the characteristics of liturgical rituals, and why men and women today may find ritual challenging; clarifies the place that signs and symbols have in liturgical worship; provides a mystagogical explanation of the liturgical rites of the Church and various elements of the rite, leading the readers from what they can sense to what is otherwise undetectable: Jesus Christ; explains the Church's use of liturgical language, time, ministers, music, and architecture. --Book cover.