Throwback Thursday: High Mass Without Communion? (Parts One and Two)
Note: This piece was published January 11, 2011, and Part Two was published June 17, 2011. ~ Ed.
A strange turn of phrase is found in today's devotional reading from To Live With Christ by Bo Giertz (translated from Swedish into English by Richard Wood and Bror Erickson:
"The Divine Service Jesus experienced in the synagogue was the basis for the Swedish high mass without communion" (page 103).
The word commonly translated as "High Mass" from Swedish is actually an amalgamation of "High Mass" and "God's Service" (German: Gottesdienst). In Swedish the whole word is: Högmässogudstjänst.
And, as a bonus, here is a follow-up of the original post.