Sacrifice of the Mass?

[Methodology]

On my previous thread I talked about a series of quotes that I was given. Some of them were on the “Sacrifice of the Mass”. They seem to say that in the Catholic Church that Christ is Sacrificed again. Here are the quotes.

“Before dealing with the proofs of revelation afforded by the Bible and tradition, certain preliminary points must first be decided. Of these the most important is that the Church intends the Mass to be regarded as a ‘true and proper sacrifice’, and will not tolerate the idea that the sacrifice is identical with Holy Communion. That is the sense of a clause from the Council of Trent (Sess. XXII, can. 1): ‘If any one saith that in the Mass a true and proper sacrifice is not offered to God; or, that to be offered is nothing else but that Christ is given us to eat; let him be anathema.’” The Catholic Encyclopedia, “Sacrifice of the Mass”, Section I, Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.

[Sacrifice of the Mass] “If the Mass is to be something more than an Ober-Ammergau Passion Play, then not only must Christ appear in His real personality on the altar, but He must also be in some manner really sacrificed on that very altar.” The Catholic Encyclopedia, “Sacrifice of the Mass”, Section II, C, i, Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.

Is this really what Catholics Beleive?

 

[corvidae]

Nope, Catholics believe that the mass is the same sacrafice that was done on Cavalry, and that we simply have that sacrafice made present at each and every mass.

A lone Raven

 

[Franciscan]

Nothing in those quotes contradicts the truth of the Mass. It is a true sacrifice. It is also a re-presentation of the once and for all sacrifice of calvary.
That sacrifice is once and for all because it is eternal (outside of time). At Mass it transcends both time and space and becomes present on our altar. So we really live out the whole drama of Calvary and the Resurrection since in the Eucharist, in communion we are receiving the resurrected Christ, body,blood soul and divinity.

 

[Truthstalker]

On my previous thread I talked about a series of quotes that I was given. Some of them were on the “Sacrifice of the Mass”. They seem to say that in the Catholic Church that Christ is Sacrificed again. Here are the quotes.

“Before dealing with the proofs of revelation afforded by the Bible and tradition, certain preliminary points must first be decided. Of these the most important is that the Church intends the Mass to be regarded as a ‘true and proper sacrifice’, and will not tolerate the idea that the sacrifice is identical with Holy Communion. That is the sense of a clause from the Council of Trent (Sess. XXII, can. 1): ‘If any one saith that in the Mass a true and proper sacrifice is not offered to God; or, that to be offered is nothing else but that Christ is given us to eat; let him be anathema.’” The Catholic Encyclopedia, “Sacrifice of the Mass”, Section I, Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.

[Sacrifice of the Mass] “If the Mass is to be something more than an Ober-Ammergau Passion Play, then not only must Christ appear in His real personality on the altar, but He must also be in some manner really sacrificed on that very altar.” The Catholic Encyclopedia, “Sacrifice of the Mass”, Section II, C, i, Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.

Is this really what Catholics Beleive?

I think you will look in vain for the word “again” in your quotes: Catholics believe it is the one and the same sacrifice, re-presented. There are already several threads on this. See scborromeo.org/ccc/p2s2c1a3.htm paragraph 1330and 1367 in the Catechism, for one place. Catholics emphasize the sacrifice is NOT repeated.

 

[Methodology]

Thank you for the clearing this up for me.

 

[VociMike]

Nothing in those quotes contradicts the truth of the Mass. It is a true sacrifice. It is also a re-presentation of the once and for all sacrifice of calvary.
That sacrifice is once and for all because it is eternal (outside of time). At Mass it transcends both time and space and becomes present on our altar. So we really live out the whole drama of Calvary and the Resurrection since in the Eucharist, in communion we are receiving the resurrected Christ, body,blood soul and divinity.

Right, those quotes do not say we re-sacrifice Christ.

One point worth making is that Catholics aren’t stupid enough to think that we could call Christ down from heaven and re-sacrifice Him against His will.

 

[valient_Lucy]

On my previous thread I talked about a series of quotes that I was given. Some of them were on the “Sacrifice of the Mass”. They seem to say that in the Catholic Church that Christ is Sacrificed again. Here are the quotes.

“Before dealing with the proofs of revelation afforded by the Bible and tradition, certain preliminary points must first be decided. Of these the most important is that the Church intends the Mass to be regarded as a ‘true and proper sacrifice’, and will not tolerate the idea that the sacrifice is identical with Holy Communion. That is the sense of a clause from the Council of Trent (Sess. XXII, can. 1): ‘If any one saith that in the Mass a true and proper sacrifice is not offered to God; or, that to be offered is nothing else but that Christ is given us to eat; let him be anathema.’” The Catholic Encyclopedia, “Sacrifice of the Mass”, Section I, Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.

[Sacrifice of the Mass] “If the Mass is to be something more than an Ober-Ammergau Passion Play, then not only must Christ appear in His real personality on the altar, but He must also be in some manner really sacrificed on that very altar.” The Catholic Encyclopedia, “Sacrifice of the Mass”, Section II, C, i, Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.

Is this really what Catholics Beleive?

Catholics do believe that Mass is a Sacrifice, BUT Jesus does NOT suffer and die again and again in the Mass. Jesus died once and for all, but in the Mass, what is eternally present to God becomes present to us. Eternity and time begin to blur in the Mass. In the Mass, we offer God the only sacrifice that has ever been completly pleasing to Him: the sacrifice of His Son on the cross. In the Mass, we also join ourselves to the Mass, and offer ourselves with the Sacrifice of the Mass to God the Father.