Treasure Chest: The Mass

This book was an amazing blend of explanation and the historical roots of Mass. It is written in a narrative style, making it easily digestible and understandable. The various comic strips were before created before the Norvus Ordo (The current way the majority celebrates Mass) came into effect, this being the case, there might be a few small points that are confusing.

Good overview of the Holy Mass and it's history. At times, very strong and sound, but weak at points too. "At the Consecration of the Mass, the priest 'imitates' our Lord's actions" . . . Not just imitates, but the priest acts in persona Christi!

Also, please just leave questionable theologians out of the book in favor of Saints of the Catholic Church!

The addition of the Saints at the end was a great finishing touch to wrap it all up!!!

This Treasure Chest edition is truly remarkable. It is a gift to learn even more about the Mass, especially some of the early church traditions. And it was a gentle reminder to be thankful for the many prayers prayed and conflicts worked out by others over the centuries! The special stories about St. Dominic and Imelda were beautiful, inspiring, and worth extra attention. Such amazing models for all of us, especially young people! The color restoration of these comics is amazing, and perfect format with all the issues in one book. I will definitely be recommending this to friends and family, and can’t wait to share it with them!

Lifelong Catholic though I am, I found myself learning technical details about the Mass that I had never known before. I was familiar with bits of the story of St. Dominic Savio, but it was wonderful get all these details to it. I had never heard or St. Imelda I confess. Her story was quite fascinating with what I found to be delightfully morbid twist at the end. Overall it's a great resource presented in an entertaining way.

The Voyage Comics Treasure Chest: The Mass compilation is great!! Not only does this bring back to print with restored art the Treasure Chest comics, but it compiles what would have been spread out in multiple issues that were released in all over the place dates. This is great since you can see them all together in chronological order all in one publication.

Yes, these comics technically are in the Public Domain and can be read legally online, but those aren’t restored or nicely compiled to connect things spread throughout many issues. Also, supporting physical media, in this case, reissues, is very important. Digital files can corrupt and get lost over time. We can never go wrong with physical media as we don’t have to worry about file corruption. Supporting reissues ensures that this beautiful part of our Catholic history for kids doesn’t get lost with time.

Also, this comic, although from the 40s-60s is still very useful in educating our children in the Mass and its roots. I although older, 22 to be exact, got something out of it, learning the history of how the structure came to be in the Mass. I hadn’t gotten to researching this in my faith journey yet, but I am so glad that this was the way I came to learn this history with beautiful classic restored comic book art!

The supporting stories of St. Dominic Savio and Blessed Imelda Lambertini are so fitting for this compilation! They encompass the beautiful examples we have in the faith of how devoted and grateful we should be of the Mass and Holy Communion! It is also very relatable for the child target audience having the selected Saints be children themselves!

This is such a great gift for someone’s First Communion!