Showing posts with label Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Show all posts

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Scattering splendors afar...

"Come, Thou, bread of angels and satisfy
the cravings of my soul..." - St Leonard of Port Maurice

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"Mass is the sun of the human race,
scattering its splendors over good and wicked;
nor is there a soul so vile on earth who,
hearing holy Mass, doth not carry from it
some great good, often without asking,
often without even thinking of it."

According to St Leonard of Port Maurice these benefits apply
to the priests who celebrate Mass, to the acolytes who serve the Mass,
and to the faithful who hear Mass with devotion.
So too hardened sinners will benefit from attending Mass.

Saturday, January 14, 2017

Trysting-place of TRUTH...

"But the church is not a movement, but a meeting place; 
the trysting -place of all the truths in the world."
- GK Chesterton (The Thing: Why I am a Catholic)

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 "Such is the greatness  and the grandeur
of the Holy Mass.
It leads us in its mysteries
up to the very gates of heaven
and,
at the same time,
embraces the humblest duties
and hardships of daily life."

Matthias Eberhard
quoted in
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Dogmatically, Liturgically
and Ascetically Explained by Rev Nicholas Gihr