Mass intentions

[henrikhank]

Laudetur Jesus Christus!
Let’s say that we have to scenarios here.

1. a man asks a Priest for a Mass intention for his nearest family (which may consist of 100 people).
2. a man asks a Priest for a Mass intention for his mother.

Is this true?: In the second scenario his mother will get a full Mass for herself but in the first scenario she will get only 1/100 (a hundredth of a) Mass for herself. So if he asks the Priest too offer 100 Masses for his nearest family then his mother will get the same grace from God as she would get from a Mass offered for her as the intention.
What does the Church say about this?

 

[promethius]

Laudetur Jesus Christus!
Let’s say that we have to scenarios here.

1. a man asks a Priest for a Mass intention for his nearest family (which may consist of 100 people).
2. a man asks a Priest for a Mass intention for his mother.

Is this true?: In the second scenario his mother will get a full Mass for herself but in the first scenario she will get only 1/100 (a hundredth of a) Mass for herself. So if he asks the Priest too offer 100 Masses for his nearest family then his mother will get the same grace from God as she would get from a Mass offered for her as the intention.
What does the Church say about this?

God does not measure grace according solely to merit (or else we would all have only only the hope of hell in our future). God measures grace according to faith made living by our actions. This applies as well to the mass: the act of asking that a mass be offered for an intention does not have any direct correlation on the grace given by God.

In other words, don’t worry about how many intentions are offered for a particular mass, the measure of Grace is God’s to give out independent of the number of requests, and treating the mass like it contains a certain, discrete, finite amount of grace to be metted out according to human demands is demeaning the mass into little more than an occult practice by which we can demand X amount of grace for action Y, and we can demand more grace more times, by doing Y more often. It simply doesn’t work that way.

 

[henrikhank]

In other words, don’t worry about how many intentions are offered for a particular mass, the measure of Grace is God’s to give out independent of the number of requests, and treating the mass like it contains a certain, discrete, finite amount of grace to be metted out according to human demands is demeaning the mass into little more than an occult practice by which we can demand X amount of grace for action Y, and we can demand more grace more times, by doing Y more often. It simply doesn’t work that way.

so an offering of 30 Mass (Gregorian Masses) is not more effective than an offering of 1 Mass?

 

[Lunasol]

Laudetur Jesus Christus!
Let’s say that we have to scenarios here.

1. a man asks a Priest for a Mass intention for his nearest family (which may consist of 100 people).
2. a man asks a Priest for a Mass intention for his mother.

Is this true?: In the second scenario his mother will get a full Mass for herself but in the first scenario she will get only 1/100 (a hundredth of a) Mass for herself. So if he asks the Priest too offer 100 Masses for his nearest family then his mother will get the same grace from God as she would get from a Mass offered for her as the intention.
What does the Church say about this?

Whoa. I can barely add 1 plus 1.I dont know for sure, but I think a prayer If done with the best intentions, It would be the same.