Sacrifice of the Mass

[Montie_Claunch]

I am not 100% sure what the Sacrfice of the Mass is and what it means. I know it has something to do with the Eucharist, and Christ at Calvery. Could anyone tell me what the Sacrifice of the Mass is and its relevance is? Thanks and God bless.

 

[Br.Rich_SFO]

Montie Claunch:

I am not 100% sure what the Sacrfice of the Mass is and what it means. I know it has something to do with the Eucharist, and Christ at Calvery. Could anyone tell me what the Sacrifice of the Mass is and its relevance is? Thanks and God bless.

 

[puzzleannie]

the holy sacrifice of the Mass is a continual re-presentation, making present, of the one sacrificial action of Jesus Christ, the event that happened historically in the original Triduum–three days–from the evening of Holy Thursday, through Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday, on all the altars of all the Catholic Churches of the world throughout history. One sacrifice, continually present on earth through the sacramental economy of the Church by Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit using creatures and created things for this purpose.

 

[Br.Rich_SFO]

Br. Rich SFO:
Well that was strange the text is missing:

The Sacrifice of the Mass is a re-presentation of the same sacrifice of the cross that happened 2000 years ago in time, to God outside of time. At Mass we are at the foot of the cross, outside of time.

The Mass is also a re-enactment of the Last Supper.

 

[buffalo]

II. WHAT IS THIS SACRAMENT CALLED?

[1328](javascriptpenWindow(‘cr/1328.htm’) The inexhaustible richness of this sacrament is expressed in the different names we give it. Each name evokes certain aspects of it. It is called:

Eucharist, because it is an action of thanksgiving to God. The Greek words eucharistein141 and eulogein142 recall the Jewish blessings that proclaim - especially during a meal - God’s works: creation, redemption, and sanctification.

[1329](javascriptpenWindow(‘cr/1329.htm’) The Lord’s Supper, because of its connection with the supper which the Lord took with his disciples on the eve of his Passion and because it anticipates the wedding feast of the Lamb in the heavenly Jerusalem.143

The Breaking of Bread, because Jesus used this rite, part of a Jewish meal, when as master of the table he blessed and distributed the bread,144 above all at the Last Supper.145 It is by this action that his disciples will recognize him after his Resurrection,146 and it is this expression that the first Christians will use to designate their Eucharistic assemblies;147 by doing so they signified that all who eat the one broken bread, Christ, enter into communion with him and form but one body in him.148

The Eucharistic assembly (synaxis), because the Eucharist is celebrated amid the assembly of the faithful, the visible expression of the Church.149

[1330](javascriptpenWindow(‘cr/1330.htm’) The *memorial *of the Lord’s Passion and Resurrection.

The Holy Sacrifice, because it makes present the one sacrifice of Christ the Savior and includes the Church’s offering. The terms holy sacrifice of the Mass, “sacrifice of praise,” spiritual sacrifice, pure and holy sacrifice are also used,150 since it completes and surpasses all the sacrifices of the Old Covenant.

The Holy and Divine Liturgy, because the Church’s whole liturgy finds its center and most intense expression in the celebration of this sacrament; in the same sense we also call its celebration the Sacred Mysteries. We speak of the Most Blessed Sacrament because it is the Sacrament of sacraments. The Eucharistic species reserved in the tabernacle are designated by this same name.

[1331](javascriptpenWindow(‘cr/1331.htm’) Holy Communion, because by this sacrament we unite ourselves to Christ, who makes us sharers in his Body and Blood to form a single body.151 We also call it: *the holy things (ta hagia; sancta)*152 - the first meaning of the phrase “communion of saints” in the Apostles’ Creed - the bread of angels, bread from heaven, medicine of immortality,153 viaticum. . . .

[1332](javascriptpenWindow(‘cr/1332.htm’) Holy Mass (Missa), because the liturgy in which the mystery of salvation is accomplished concludes with the sending forth (missio) of the faithful, so that they may fulfill God’s will in their daily lives.

 

[nkelly]

Hello,

I’d recommend reading 'The Incredible Catholic Mass" by Martin von Cochem. I haven’t finished it but it goes into the meaning of the mass in lots of detail.

God bless,
Noel.