The Holy Mass: The Mystery of our Faith

Topic: “On Entering A Church”

We go to Church to celebrate Holy Mass together with the priest. The Holy Mass is the renewal of Christ's sacrifice on the Cross, or, to put it otherwise, the recalling of Christ's sacrifice ( Anamnesis). We enter the nave in order to adore Jesus in the Holy Sacrament as a preparation for Holy Mass.

Are we aware on entering the Church whom we are approaching? Most times we lose sight of Christ's presence in the Church. We walk in briskly at times when we approach the Church to enter. We go further to disturb with our entrance. Are we filled in our innermost heart with the knowledge that Jesus is awaiting us with all His love and glory? Do we enter with reverence that filled Peter in his boat, the boat of the Church? He said, “Lord, depart from me for I am a sinful man”

He who sincerely attempts to imitate Peter's reverence on entering the church will be able to sing, in unison with the angels surrounding the altar the “Holy, holy, holy You are” with all his soul. Thus he will be able worthily to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice with all his heart, all his soul and with all his faculties in unison with the priest.

Holy Mary, Mediatrix of graces, who has experienced Jesus' sacrifice with her own eyes, pray to God for His Grace so that we may celebrate that Holy Sacrifice of the Altar with a worthy and devoted mind.

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