Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first? Matthew 17:10
Mass is very special, very beautiful. Mass is very important. It should always be cherished, always treated with respect. The Mass is a time of and a time for community. The Mass is a time of reverence. There is great equality within the prayers of the Mass. Allow the Mass to be a time of remembrance.
Allow the splendor of the Mass to lead you to a beautiful, peaceful place of reflection. Allow the rhythm of the Mass to lead you to tranquility. Allow the silence of the Mass to lead you to compassion. Always remember that both God and man are present in each Mass; both need to be respected.
Each Mass, when the glow of candles warms the broad, sturdy altar, and there is a soft prayerful anticipation, and thoughts of private intercessions, and the gentle chant, in repetition to God, each one of us, each baptized Christian is a child in the eyes of God, a child with faces clean, fresh, fair; is a child asking for love and attention; is a child standing in an open doorway trying to decide whether to enter the room or whether to wait a little longer..
Although we attend Mass as a community, there is something intensely private, intensely sacred which can occur. Alone with our thoughts we individually reach for God. Mass teaches us how to be full of life, full of mercy. On a very basic level, Mass reminds each one of us about innocence, about childhood, about being bold and boyish, about being smart and girlish. Mass reminds us that we are God’s children.
With tremulous voice, we offer prayers to him.
And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, conversing with him. Matthew 17:3
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