I would also like to speak about the readings and the Psalm, which are the Word of God addressed to man at the right time, when he needs them the most. You have to listen to the Word of God with such a mindset, and immediately apply it to your life; let it reach the…
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Mistakes in the understanding of the Holy Mass and liturgical changes: the Holy Mass is performed for man – he is the most important
This error, introduced into the thinking of the priests and of the faithful, is already hidden at the very beginning of the Holy Mass. When the priest ascends the steps of the Altar, his face and his thoughts are directed towards people, and not towards God, to Whom he is coming. The greetings that the…
Mistakes in the understanding of the Holy Mass and liturgical changes: the Church stopped staring at God
Here precisely was made a mistake which takes its toll on the Church. The Church, in order to perform its duty towards man, stopped staring at God; and supposedly to better serve man, began to stare at him and at his needs. The priest turned away from God and turned towards man. It is a…
Mistakes in the understanding of the Holy Mass and liturgical changes: the priest is no longer unconditionally dedicated to God
Throughout my entire life, I was looking out for man and tried as much as possible to help him, because this is what Christ demanded of us. The priest gives himself to the service of God in people. For this God he cares, for Him he strives, healing souls and helping them to see and…
Mistakes in the understanding of the Holy Mass and liturgical changes: man takes the place of God
25.06.2013 St. Padre Pio: I told you about the mystery of the Holy Mass and its individual parts, and now I would like to give you a sense of how the outside world refers to these mysteries, and what is happening during the Holy Mass next to its great mysteries, so very little understood today….
Significance and symbolism of subsequent parts of the Holy Mass: Holy Communion
– 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…
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…
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