The Immeasurable Value
of Holy Mass
Now in Holy Mass, Jesus places Himself
entirely in your hands, that you may offer
to God the same great sacrifice of infinite
value for the same most excellent ends, in
your behalf as well as for others, whether
living or dead. For all who devoutly assist at
Holy Mass are made one with the priest,
and along with him present to heaven the
adorable sacrifice. What would you,
therefore, do without the Holy Mass?
'Holy Mass is the sum of Christianity, the
soul of faith, the center of the Catholic
religion, the grand object of all her rites,
ceremonies, and sacraments; in a word, it is
a summary of all that is grand and beautiful
in the Church of God.' --ST. LEONARD of
Port Maurice.
'When a priest celebrates Holy Mass, he
honors God, he rejoices with the angels, he
edifies the Church, he helps the living, he
obtains rest for the departed, and makes
himself partaker of all blessings.' --
Following of Christ.
'[T]hat the faithful be not deprived of the
immease benefit of [this] same... sacrifice
[of the Cross], Holy Church commands her
children under pain of grievous sin to hear
Mass on all Sundays and Holydays of
Obligation. But . . . no Catholic who has any
right idea of the importance and value of
Holy Mass will remain satisfied with this.
He will attend Holy Mass as often as he can
on week days as well. He will have masses
offered for himself and others.' Fr. Fiege,
in the Paraclete."
F.X. Lasance, My Prayer Book (1909).
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