'It is because there is conviction that the richness of sacramental vision of the Second Vatican Council has not yet been fully celebrated and experienced by ordinary people that this book has been written. It is one thing to celebrate the festival of Pope John Paul II's visit but our real festival is to take up the mission, which is Christ's mission, and to become what in fact we are. The Sacramental Church, with our mission, authority and responsibility.

'It is the hope of the author that readers of this book will discover that this sacramental journey, the Search for the Sacred, is the journey which we make together (taken from the Introduction to this book).

At this crucial time when so many serious attempts are being made towards progress in Parish Renewal, this important book gives much new and stimulating material for study and discussion.