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On a positive note::angel1:

Please share something beautiful about mass.

Some event, memory, practice… anything that is just completely positive (please don’t use this thread to bemoan how bad it usually is or how good it could/used to be)

Just share something delightful you have experienced in mass.

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-D
 
I love Exposition (ok, it’s not during Mass) and Benediction. I especially get choked up when I see the priest handle the Eucharistic Jesus with such care and love. I’m tearing up now just thinking about it.
 
For me it has to be seeing my children take Holy Communion. That is the sweetest thing to me.

-D
 
One of those photos reminded me of a part of the First Eucharistic Prayer that I find particularly meaningful. Just after the consecration, the Prayer compares this sacrifice of the Mass to the sacrifices offered by Abel, Abraham, and Melchisedech. Then it continues with:

Almighty God,
we pray your your angel may take this sacrifice to your altar in heaven.
Then as we receive from this altar the sacred body and blood of your Son,
let us be filled with every grace and blessing.

(Emphasis mine.) Those words evoke for me the parallel altars, in heaven and on earth, offering the one sacrifice.

JimG
 
Several months ago, a very nice elderly couple I know was celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary. And before the final blessing of the Congregation, the visiting Priest, (our regular one was on vacation) did this beautiful blessing on the couple that brought tears to everyone’s eyes. I don’t tink there was a dry eye in in the pews.
 
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JimG:
One of those photos reminded me of a part of the First Eucharistic Prayer that I find particularly meaningful. Just after the consecration, the Prayer compares this sacrifice of the Mass to the sacrifices offered by Abel, Abraham, and Melchisedech. Then it continues with:

Almighty God,
we pray your your angel may take this sacrifice to your altar in heaven.
Then as we receive from this altar the sacred body and blood of your Son,
let us be filled with every grace and blessing.

(Emphasis mine.) Those words evoke for me the parallel altars, in heaven and on earth, offering the one sacrifice.

JimG
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Here is a better translation than the ICEL:

We humbly beseech Thee, almighty God, to command that these our offerings be borne by the hands of Thy holy angel to Thine altar on high in the presence of Thy divine Majesty; that as many of us as shall receive the most sacred (+) Body and (+) Blood of Thy Son by partaking thereof from this altar may be filled with every heavenly blessing and grace: Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
 
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chrystl:
Several months ago, a very nice elderly couple I know was celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary. And before the final blessing of the Congregation, the visiting Priest, (our regular one was on vacation) did this beautiful blessing on the couple that brought tears to everyone’s eyes. I don’t tink there was a dry eye in in the pews.
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Oh that is lovely… 70 years. What a blassing, my husband and I would have to live to be 100 to get there.

-D
 
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darcee:
Oh that is lovely… 70 years. What a blessing,
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I know–my grandparents made it to 59. (Their anniversary was 2/2, then my grandmother had a rapid decline due to lymphoma & died on 3/30 this year.) My parents celebrated 39 this year (5/23), and my husband and I celebrated 13 (5/4)–so we’ve all got a long way to go.
 
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JimG:
One of those photos reminded me of a part of the First Eucharistic Prayer that I find particularly meaningful. Just after the consecration, the Prayer compares this sacrifice of the Mass to the sacrifices offered by Abel, Abraham, and Melchisedech. Then it continues with:

Almighty God,
we pray your your angel may take this sacrifice to your altar in heaven.
Then as we receive from this altar the sacred body and blood of your Son,
let us be filled with every grace and blessing.

(Emphasis mine.) Those words evoke for me the parallel altars, in heaven and on earth, offering the one sacrifice.

JimG
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The same thing blows me away during the Consecration.
 
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Iohannes:
Here is a better translation than the ICEL:

We humbly beseech Thee, almighty God, to command that these our offerings be borne by the hands of Thy holy angel to Thine altar on high in the presence of Thy divine Majesty; that as many of us as shall receive the most sacred (+) Body and (+) Blood of Thy Son by partaking thereof from this altar may be filled with every heavenly blessing and grace: Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Wonderful…Where did it come from?
 
**I am always touched when I watch the faithful go forward for Holy Communion. Hearing their feet, the Amens, it always gets to me. **
 
When our children made the sacraments, and when my
husband came into the church are some of the beautiful
things I have experienced at Mass. 🙂
 
The most beautiful Mass I have ever been to was one perfect Sunday when I brought both my children with me to Mass. I expected my oldest, who was not yet 2, to carry on as she usually does when forced to come to Mass with me, and the baby to scream and wail, as always seems to happen at the most unfortunate times. But they were both perfect angels and having them there with me, so well behaved, quiet, and sweet, had me in tears the whole time. I have always wanted so much to have my whole family with me at Mass. It chokes me up seeing families together in the pews. My husband was already overseas when this happened so he could not be with us, but that was the only thing that could have made it any better.

Man, I’m getting teary again… :crying:
 
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Wonderful…Where did it come from?
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My Favorite part of Mass is the Roman Canon or EP I in the Novus Ordo Missae.

Came from the 1962 New Marian Missal. The ICEL folks committed an atrocity and paraphrased the Mass instead of Translating it, thus they removed many of the prayers. Sorry if it sounded to negative but the positive thing about the Latin is you get the full prayers:

New Marian Missal Translation:

Therefore, we humbly pray and beseech Thee, most merciful Father, through Jesus Christ Thy Son, Our Lord, to receive and to bless these (+) gifts, these (+) presents, these (+) holy unspotted sacrifices, which we offer up to Thee, in the first place, for Thy holy Catholic Church, that it may please Thee to grant her peace, to guard, unite, and guide her, throughout the world: as also for Thy servant N., our Pope, and N., our Bishop, and for all who are orthodox in belief and who profess the Catholic and apostolic faith.

ICEL Translation:

We come to you, Father, with praise and thanksgiving, Through Jesus Christ your Son. Through him we ask you to accept and bless (+) these gifts we offer you in sacrifice. We offer them for your holy catholic Church; watch over it, Lord, and guide it; grant it peace and unity throughout the world. We offer them for N. our Pope, for N. our Bishop, and for all who hold and teach the catholic faith that comes to us from the apostles.

Sorry If I sounded negative, it is not my intention to do so.
 
The Roman Canon is one of the best part of Mass:

Here is how it is divided up:
-Commemoration of the Church and Ecclesiatical authorities
-The Commemoration of the Living
-The Communicantes
-The “Hanc Igitur”
-Quam Oblationem
-The Consecration of the Host
-The Consecration of the Wine
-In the Novus Ordo Missae, the Mysterium Fidei is seperated from the consecration formula and is part of the Acclaimation

-The Implicit epiklesis(“Supplices Te Rogamus”) We humbly beseech Thee…
The Commemoration of the Dead
-Humilation of the priest(Nobis quoque peccatoribus)
 
During mass, I am very moved when our priest and deacon kiss the altar.

I had an incredible experience the other day, not related to mass, but related to being in church. I am a new Catholic and certain practices and devotions are new to me. During lunch one day, I decided to visit a Catholic church nearby where I work to light a candle and pray specifically for someone in my family.

This is how preoccupied I am – I went into the chapel (behind the main sanctuary) to light a candle. I then genuflected nearly in front of the alter, sat down, and prayed (with my eyes closed.) I then opened my eyes and started looking around the chapel. It took several minutes, but I finally noticed the monstrance on the altar, holding the blessed sacrament – which I had never seen before. It sent a jolt through me when I realized I was in the presence of our Lord. Because I hadn’t been paying attention to my surroundings, I had been so caught up in my own worries, it seemed like a miracle when as if out of nowhere, He appeared right in front of me. That is probably the most beautiful moment I’ve ever experienced.
 
When I was between my Junior and Senior years of high school (the summertime), I went to the diocese’s Christian Leadership Institute. It’s basically a week-long training camp on peer ministry. Anyhow, mass was held every night, and it was prepared by the different youth small group teams. Well, mass there was absolutely amazing. I still get teared up thinking about it. The spirit and the faithfullness of the youth there was awe-inspiring. Everyone had such an extreme reverence - God was truly in our midst. I like to call such experiances tastes of heaven. Little glimpses into the heavenly life - in perfect communion with God and with one another.

Another awe-inspiring mass was at the gigantic National Catholic Youth Conference in Houston of Fall 2003. Twenty-five thousand youth and their youth ministers singing and praising God together - again, that feeling of God’s presence was there once again. A glimpse into the incomprehensible billions of Saints and Angels in heaven with perfect communion with God and one another. Amazing. (I think there were something like 25 bishops concelebrating mass)
 
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