Without It Our Faith Will Die

The Mass is the center and kernel of Catholic worship; without it our faith would die, as it does in those who willfully miss their obligation of attendance at Mass. Those who have so often tried to stamp out the Church have understood this well, for they have always advocated abolishing the Mass. Yet with the Mass we have 'the power of God and the wisdom of God' which nothing can restrain. For the Holy Eucharist is not only a sacrament, it is also a sacrifice, the renewal of the Sacrifice of Mount Calvary, whereby the infinite fruits of that sacrifice are applied to our souls.

Father Desmond Murray, O.P.

[This quotation is just one of the 1200 in my book, Forgotten Truths to Set Faith Afire! - Word to Challenge Inspire, and Instruct.]

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Look Up! Look Up With the Eyes of Your Mind, Heart and Soul!

en t “When the Host is held on high and a chalice lifted…look up! Look up and see what Mary saw. See a naked man squirming as He bleeds against a blackened sky; see a battered human body, writhing on a tree, prisoned there by savage spikes that have torn through Sacred hands and feet; see thorn-tortured head tossing from side to side as anguished torso labors, lifts and strains; see the eyes of God roll towards heaven beseeching, as broken lips blurt out that soul piercing cry: “My God, My God, Why has Thou forsaken Me?” What is this? This is the Mass. This is Crucifixion. This is what Mary saw at the elevation of Christianity’s first Mass. This is what you should see at the Elevation of every Mass!” (From The Way to God by Father M. Raymond, O.C.S.O. )

Don't Pray? Think Again!

(Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) In whatever state a soul may be, it ought to pray. A soul which is pure and beautiful must pray, or else it will lose its beauty; a soul which is striving after this purity must pray, or else it will never attain it; a soul which is newly converted must pray, or else it will fall again; a sinful soul, plunged in sins, must pray so that it might rise again. There is no soul which is not bound to pray, for every single grace comes to the soul through prayer. St. Maria Faustina Kowalska

Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire!

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