Lux Mundi: Holy Mass - The Ultimate Love Story

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Holy Mass - The Ultimate Love Story

“If we truly understand the mass we would die of Joy”.

This quote of Saint John Vianney is something we all should remember whenever we attend Holy Mass. Mass is something so beautiful and gives God so much joy and we simply cannot understand it. If you want to make God happy then go to Mass! Even if you think mass is boring, don’t you want to make the God that gave his only son for you happy. We all owe God love and praise and there is no greater expression of that then praying Holy Mass.

We should also remember what the mass is! Even though we cannot fully understand nature of Holy Mass we can somewhat understand what is going on during mass, the representation of the Sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross. The same sacrifice he made on Good Friday is made present everyday on altars all over the world. Jesus comes down from His celestial throne and lays redeemer for our sins. He willingly allows Himself to be humiliated for our sake and for our salvation. What Love the Father has for His children to sacrifice His only Son! He dies for you so that your soul might be saved. And His message of Love is proclaimed every day on the altar. Christ is the ultimate Love story. “The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white host.” ~ Archbishop Fulton Sheen.

At Every mass, Christ is made truly and physically present, allowing for Him to truly come into our hearts and work within us if our souls are prepared for this union. It is something that I personally cannot go a day without. To be in perfect union with my Savior who loves me so much and gave up His life for me on the cross. Never forget that after you receive communion, He is truly and physically inside of you. You are a living tabernacle of the Lord and treat those few minutes with uttermost reverence and respect and know that Jesus is with you.

I cannot stress enough the importance of mass for the spiritual life. Mass brings you so many graces that it is hard to imagine life without it. Mass is “the source and summit” of the worship of Our Lord in which we partake in as members of the Communion of Saints. Even if you dread going to Holy Mass now, if you truly want to grow in the spiritual life then you must stick through it, and God will do the rest. Keep this story in your heart when you attend mass: Once Little St. Theresa had an amazing overwhelming awareness of God’s grace. She asked him how she could thank Him and He responded “attend one Holy Mass”

AMDG
God is Love

Peter Martin

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