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The Mass is not just another service; it’s the “source and summit of the Christian life” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1324). When we attend Mass, we partake in the same sacrifice that Jesus offered on the cross, becoming more united with God and each other.
The Mass is the central liturgical service of the Eucharist in the Catholic Church, in which bread and wine are consecrated and become the body and blood of Christ.
- The Mass: An Ancient Practice
- The Mass as "Unbloody Sacrifice"
- The Mass as A Representation of The Crucifixion
- The Mass as Memorial and Sacred Banquet
- The Mass as An Application of The Merits of Christ
As far back as the Acts of the Apostles and Saint Paul's epistles, we find descriptions of the Christian community gathering to celebrate the Lord's Supper, the Eucharist. In the catacombs in Rome, the tombs of martyrs were used as altars for the celebration of the earliest forms of the Mass, making explicit the tie between the sacrifice of Christ ...
Very early on, the Church saw the Mass as a mystical reality in which the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross is renewed. Responding to Protestant sects who denied that the Eucharist is anything more than a memorial, the Council of Trent (1545-63) declared that "The same Christ who offered himself once in a bloody manner on the altar of the cross, is ...
This representation, as Fr. John Hardon notes in his Pocket Catholic Dictionary, "means that because Christ is really present in his humanity, in heaven, and on the altar, he is capable now as he was on Good Fridayof freely offering himself to the Father." This understanding of the Mass hinges on the Catholic doctrine of the Real Presence of Christ...
While the Church teaches that the Mass is more than a memorial, she also acknowledges that the Mass is still a memorial as well as a sacrifice. The Mass is the Church's way of fulfilling Christ's command, at the Last Supper, to "Do this in remembrance of Me." As a memorial of the Last Supper, the Mass is also a sacred banquet, in which the faithful...
"Christ," Father Hardon writes, "won for the world all the graces it needs for salvation and sanctification." In other words, in His Sacrifice on the Cross, Christ reversed Adam's sin. In order for us to see the effects of that reversal, however, we must accept Christ's offer of salvation and grow in sanctification. Our participation in the Mass an...
6 days ago · mass, the central act of worship of the Roman Catholic Church, which culminates in celebration of the sacrament of the Eucharist. The term mass is derived from the ecclesiastical Latin formula for the dismissal of the congregation: Ite, missa est (“Go, it is the sending [dismissal]”).
What is the Mass or Liturgy? A good way to describe the Mass is to say that it is Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday made present today in ritual. It is not merely a meal which reminds us of the Last Supper, or a Passion play which helps recall Good Friday, or a Sunrise Service which celebrates the Lord’s Resurrection.
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When Catholics go to Church on Sunday they are going to a liturgical service that is commonly called a ‘Mass.’ For Catholics, there is actually mass every day of the week but we are only required to attend on Sunday’s and certain holy days. Catholic Mass includes reading from the Bible and preaching from the priest but it goes deeper than ...
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Mass is the central act of worship in the life of a Catholic. Going to Mass is about spending time with God, but also receiving his graces (inner strength to live the Christian life).
