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Why Go to Mass?
It is offered both at weddings and funerals. In most places, it is available every day. But on Sunday, it is an obligation to attend.
We are speaking of what Catholics call the Mass, aka the Eucharist or the divine liturgy. For Catholics, there is no other religious service more important. But the majority of baptized Catholics around the world simply don’t see the need to attend.
The sacrifice that transcends time
Instinctively, those who believe in God know that they owe him worship. After all, we’ve received everything from him. So we ought to give him thanks and offer him a pleasing sacrifice
Really present in priest and people
It is true that God is present everywhere, including when we pray to him alone or when two or three of us gather in his name. However,
We encounter Jesus, the living Word
Third, the Lord is present in the Eucharist in the Word of God. Some describe the Protestant Church as the church of the Bible and the Catholic Church as the church of
This is my body, my blood
The final and most special way that the Lord is present in the Eucharist is in his Body and Blood, present to us under the sig
The feast of faith
The Eucharist is a meal. It’s the Lord’s Supper as well as a holy sacrifice. Christ becomes present so that we can not only see him under the appearances of bread and wine but also receive him into ourselves. Very tangibly, he becomes our food
The Ten Most Common Liturgical Abuses
Disregarding the prescribed text of the Order of Mass
Interrupting the MassOmitting the penitential rite
Replacing or omitting the homily
Dictating posture
Dictating the manner of reception of the Eucharist
Ignoring rules for reception of the Eucharist
Holding hands during the Our Father
Performing liturgical dance
Closing the holy water fonts at some seasons
Books That Almost Made It into the Bible
The criterion of discernment
The Didache
1 Clement
The Letter of Barnabas
The Shepherd of Hermas
The Apocalypse of Peter
Sidebar
How the Bible Came Together
The Catholic Me 