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The Secret of Happiness – The Holy Mass By TOM DENNEHY One of the greatest treasures to be discovered is the secret of happiness and the greatest gift that God has given us is the gift of Himself truly present in the Holy Mass. Padre Pio, one of our great saints, said, “The world would exist more easily without the sun than without the Mass”. He understood the infinite value of Holy Mass. Saint John Vianney, patron saint of priests, another wonderful saint who understood the amazing power of the Eucharist said, “All the good works of man though many, are not equal to the value of one Holy Mass”. At the Last Supper, Jesus gave himself to us as food for our souls, “This is my Body given up for you and this is my Blood which will be shed for you.” At Mass, Heaven comes down to Earth and we are present once again at Calvary. Present when Jesus offers himself to His father as an offering in atonement for all the sins of the world. The supreme act of love for us. When we go to Mass we go in thanksgiving as Eucharist means thanksgiving. We hear the Word of God which uplifts us –the good news of the Gospel. We hear words of encouragement from our priest. We receive the Body of Christ as food for our souls. As a community, we have an obligation to join together in prayer. It would be wonderful to see once again every baptised person join together in prayer for each other, for the community, for all our dead and for the whole world. Jesus invites us to pray together and receive the Eucharist as food for our journey. We give thanks to God for all the gifts and graces
we have received. From this we gain the strength to become better Christians. For regular Mass goers it is the high point of their day and the secret of their happiness. All our ancestors made tremendous sacrifices for our faith which is brought to fulfilment in the Mass, many giving their lives. We know from the many Eucharistic miracles which have taken place throughout the world that Jesus gives us his heart in the Eucharist. The miracle of Lanciano and the miracle of Buenos Aires scientifically prove that it is heart tissue that is present from the left ventricle of the heart which has suffered trauma and is still living tissue. We have been given these miracles to help us understand the great miracle of the Mass and they are all available on a website created by a young man called Blessed Carlo Acutes. Today many of us don’t bother going to Mass. It is a shame and it is all down to lack of knowledge.
We, as a people, do not really understand the Mass and if we did, we would not miss it, no matter what. It would be the most important thing we would do in our lives. We need to spend some time in getting to understand the mystery of the Mass and ask the Holy Spirit to help us to increase our faith and help us to get to know and to love the person of Jesus who made that amazing sacrifice for us. It was Jesus who gave us the Mass on Holy Thursday night. He invites us to join with him in offering atonement for the sins of all the world. There are many graces poured out on us at Mass. If we realised that Mass is the greatest event in the world, our churches would be full. Jesus welcomes everybody. He has never broken His promises to us and has promised to be with us always until the end of time. His presence in the Eucharist in Body, Soul and Divinity is the fulfilment of that promise to us.
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Issue 67 July 1, 2022
