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“The sacrifice of the Mass, by placing on the altar the Victim of Calvary, enables us through Him to adore God in a suitable manner, to thank him worthily for all His favours, to render Him full satisfaction by the offering of the Blood of Jesus, and to address to Him requests which are always heard because they are in His name, who by the very act of showing His glorious wounds to His Father, intercedes unceasingly for us in heaven and in the Eucharist on earth.” “What the priest offers to God as an acknowledgement of His sovereign dominion over all creatures, is none other than our Lord Jesus Christ, who, by His sacrifice on the cross has rendered to His Father and infinite act of worship, consisting of adoration, thanksgiving, expiation and impetration.”
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Dom Gaspar Lefebvre, writing in the 1945 Saint Andrew Daily Missal, speaks beautifully to this truth: There is nothing greater we can do to honor God than to devoutly assist at Holy Mass. This is of course the reason why so many of the faithful have become advocates in recent years for the return of reverence and the restoration of beauty to our sacred act of worship. “One merits more by devoutly assisting at a Holy Mass than by distributing all of his goods to the poor and traveling all over the world on pilgrimage.” Saint Bernard of Clairvaux also spoke directly to the power and efficacy of the Mass when he instructed: You cannot do anything to glorify God more, nor profit your soul more, than by devoutly assisting at it, and assisting as often as possible.” “Know, O Christian, that the Mass is the holiest act of religion. Through her many saints, the Church has always spoke of the importance of our participation in the liturgy. While the faithful are obligated to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days, we are also expected to pray the Mass, entering into the liturgy completely, body and soul. With the liturgical year coming to an end this weekend, and the Church entering into the season of Advent next, now is an opportune time to consider how we can more devoutly assist at Holy Mass.