– Holy Communion. The heart that has been cleansed, the heart full of sorrow for sins, the heart wishing for improvement and hungry for God, is to the martyred Christ a prize and a consolation for all the suffering. Thus, the heart of man should be clean, full of faith in the effectiveness of such…
Category: MYSTERY OF THE HOLY MASS
REFLECTIONS ABOUT THE PASSION OF CHRIST DURING THE TRIDENTINE HOLY MASS
– 1) When the priest goes to the altar – Christ goes to the Olive Garden to pray. 2) When the priest begins the Holy Mass – Christ prays in the Olive Garden. 3) When the Priest says the Confiteor – Christ sweats blood and falls down on His face in the Garden. 4) When the priest kisses…
Significance and symbolism of subsequent parts of the Holy Mass: Lamb of God
”Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us ”. These words mean that we open ourselves completely to the grace of God poured into our hearts through the sacrifice of Christ. This completed Sacrifice was made for us, so that now we can call with full confidence…
Significance and symbolism of subsequent parts of the Holy Mass: end-time – Jesus gives away His Spirit to the Father
– After these prayers, which have the greatest power because they are spoken with the last forces of the soul and body of Christ, comes the end time. Jesus gives his Spirit to the Father. Before his eyes, complete darkness; in the Soul, the last remnants of hope; the desperate supplication of the Mother, the…
Significance and symbolism of subsequent parts of the Holy Mass: after transubstantiation
– After transubstantiation comes the time during which we accompany Jesus with the Most Holy Mother in His worst hours, hours of the greatest darkness and Passion on the cross, when His body and Soul were dying in pain, but his lips were still whispering psalms of atonement. Let us die of sorrow together with…
Significance and symbolism of subsequent parts of the Holy Mass: transubstantiation
Transubstantiation is the precise time during which happens an authentic connection between Heaven and Earth. Heaven opens up together with a whole lot of graces, the greatest of which is the presence of God. The suffering Christ appears under the guise of bread and wine. The Passion of Christ enters now into its highest and…
Significance and symbolism of subsequent parts of the Holy Mass: apology to God
– In this entire journey, Christ must endure immense suffering, as well as a great number of these smaller, less painful strokes, but nevertheless very tedious due to their number. Thus, we must not ignore even minor sins. We have to bring them all to the Holy Mass and apologize to God for them. In…
Significance and symbolism of subsequent parts of the Holy Mass: kissing of the Altar
The kissing of the Altar is a confirmation of this readiness of the priest, who is united with Christ. The priest, by kissing the Altar, professes to God his ”Fiat” – ”Your Will be done” and then begins the Passion of our Lord. From the very beginning of the Holy Mass, we participate in an…
Significance and symbolism of subsequent parts of the Holy Mass: the priest ascends the steps of the Altar
I would like to show you from the beginning what is happening during the Holy Mass and the workings of the hidden symbols within it, symbols which today are not completely understood. Everything begins with the ascension of the priest on the Mountain of Golgotha, so-called the steps of the Altar. It indicates the readiness…
Holy Mass – Mystery of the Passion of Christ: God has already done everything, the fate of the world depends on man
And today, well, few are the priests who consciously ascend on this Holy Mountain of Golgotha and extend their arms for Jesus. Even fewer are those who urge the souls to do the same. God is waiting for souls, for their conversion, but God in His Son has already accomplished everything. He can not suffer…
Holy Mass – Mystery of the Passion of Christ: the cross did not change but people did
Thus, the cross of Jesus has not changed, but the circumstances in which Christ dies and the environment in which it is located, are different. People who have been redeemed by His Blood come under the cross, but they do not sympathize with Him at all. They come but not to thank Him and to…
Holy Mass – Mystery of the Passion of Christ: one and the same sacrifice
The sacrifice of Golgotha remains the same. The cross of Jesus stands in the same place; in the same place kneels the Most Holy Virgin Mary; in the same way angels fall down on their faces; in the same way holy women cry under the cross; in the same way God the Father opens His…
