Holy Mass

SANCTIFICATION

You Shall Make and KeepYourselves Holy, Because

I am Holy

Lev 11:44a

Why do we celebrate Mass?

JesusToldUsTo!

• Luke 22:19• 1 Cor 11:24

The Mass is the MOST powerful means

we have to obtain propitiation for sin.

• God’s mercy makes reparation for the want of divine love• God’s mercy removes the guilt of repented venial sins• God’s mercy remits more or less of the punishment still due• Our punishment and the Holy Souls

Servant of GodJohn A. Hardon S.J.Pocket Catholic Catechism 1989

What do we do at Holy Mass?

• Give glory to God• Be penitent• Hear the LOGOS• Say what we believe• Ask God for help• Offer God gifts• Re-create His Passion/Sacrifice• Have a Sacred Meal• Receive Grace

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Who is present at Holy Mass?

TRINITYBlessed Mother, 9 Choirs of Angels, St Joseph

Adam & Eve, Moses, Patriarchs, David, Moses

Holy Apostles (Peter)Disciples Holy Martyrs

Holy DoctorsHoly MonksHoly Nuns

PenitentsAnchoretsPontiffsCardinals

PriestsMonksNunsLaity

The Disputation of the Sacrament Raphael 1509-1510

~ St. Thomas Aquinas

“The celebration of Holy Mass is as valuable as the death of Jesus on the cross.”

~ St. Leonard of Port Maurice

“What graces, gifts and virtues the Holy Mass calls down…the grace of final perseverance, upon which depends our salvation”

“For each Mass we hear with devotion, Our Lord sends a saint to comfort us at death.”

Revelation of Christ toSt. Gertrude the Great

Don’t Waste Grace from Mass!

• Yourself• Others• Souls in Purgatory