Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Reflection - Attending Mass - September 20

Attending Mass is important for the spiritual development of each Catholic. How we participate in the Mass is very important. Going to Mass involves more than simply going to Mass. Listening to the Word of God involves more than simply listening to the Word of God. We are asked to participate in the Mass. We are asked to capture and share the Word of God with others. Attending Mass is a community activity. Remember we are all brothers and sisters. We are all seeking spiritual development, seeking signs from God, seeking salvation.

We are encouraged to share our Christian experience. We are reminded to seek the invisible, the unseen. Appearances are sometimes simply appearances.

Attending Mass, hearing the Gospels each week prepares each one of us for public displays of evangelization. The world, our world, our friends, our families need to be reminded of God’s affection for us.

Mass introduces us to many collaborators for God. Remember that each time you attend Mass, you are being radical, you are making a statement about love, forgiveness, mercy, and love. The celebration of the Mass remains a thousand year old communal existence of hope, love, and sacrifice that mirrors the mystical state of faith. Not all questions have to be spoken, not all questions have to be answered. We can pray. We have prayer.

The Mass is a celebration of the Eucharist.

The Mass is a prayer.

Attending Mass presents the sacramental essence of the experience of being Catholic Christian each time we enter a church. The decision to participate, to reach out for God, reach for the garment of Jesus Christ remains a personal, individual choice.

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