Why do we go to Mass

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What’s the main reason we go to Mass?

The reason I ask is I’ve heard all sorts of varied reasons, but wondering I am wondering, during this time of Lent, if it would be helpful to discuss some prioritizing of reasons.

I’ll start.

We go to Mass to please God, with our humility and our renewed trust.
 
The top reason I go to Mass is to receive the Lord in the Holy Eucharist. I also enjoy going to Mass in general, but even at times when I have not enjoyed Mass for one reason or another I always look forward to receiving the Lord. In the event that I cannot receive Him then I still go so I can be near Him and to be reminded of what I’m mising out on due to my decision to sin. There are a lot of other reasons I go to Mass, but to list and explain them all would take far too long.
 
Edward_H said:
What’s the main reason we go to Mass?

The reason I ask is I’ve heard all sorts of varied reasons, but wondering I am wondering, during this time of Lent, if it would be helpful to discuss some prioritizing of reasons.

I’ll start.

We go to Mass to please God, with our humility and our renewed trust.
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I go to mass to worship our Lord.
 
Each and every mass opens a portal between heaven and earth for the transmission of redeeming grace. Christ gave us the Mass for the salvation of creation.We in turn give Him thanks (Eucharist=thanksgiving) even as this grace is being released, in the context of the Mass. Why anyone would choose not to partake in so glorious an endeavor as often as possible is beyond me.
 
This is the new covenant in His blood, Just as the Jews escaped sin in Exodus and memorialized it there salvation, so to in the new covenant of His Blood , The Spotless Lamb Jesus, is to be memorialized.This is the command given by Jesus !

John 6: 53 So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you;

Matt.26: Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”
27 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you; 28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
29 I tell you I shall not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

Peace and God Bless All
 
Public worship is important, going to Mass has always been a key, visible sign of a committed Catholic, a critical minimum if you like. (cf. CCC 1389, 2177-9)

It also fulfils God’s commandment to us:

[bibledrb]Matthew 4:10[/bibledrb]

But I think the most important reason is the Eucharist.

The Eucharist is the greatest sacrament because, as the Council of Trent taught, Christ is present in it even before it is administered. It is also the “source and summit” of the entire Christian life. It is the seed of eternal life and the power of resurrection, according to the words of the Lord: “He who drinks my blood and eats my flesh has eternal life, and i will raise him up on the last day”.

We should receive it often because it is the Eucharist that makes the Church; this is the first effect of the Eucharist and the instrumental cause of all its other effects. This means that there is a unity between the Church as the Body of Christ, and the Eucharist, which is the Body of Christ. This unity points to a future perfection, an ideal of unity still to be achieved. Through the Eucharist, Jesus invites us to a table fellowship that is an anticipation of the meal we will all share in Heaven, one that is open to everyone: outcasts, tax collectors and anyone else marginalised by respectable society. “The Eucharist signifies what the world is to become” (WCC Statement at Lima, 1982); the Eucharist challenges Christians to respond to the cause of community and justice among all those for whom Christ died.

Reception of the Eucharist also draws us into the history of the people of God, born of the heart of Christ on the Cross. The grace that comes from the Cross is the forgiveness of sins and the prayers of the liturgy often speak of the Eucharist as a “remedy” or kind of medicine for our sinfulness based on Mt 26:28. It is important to hold this in tension with the Church’s clear teaching on the confession of mortal sin before receiving the blessed Sacrament (Whoever therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaining the body and blood of the Lord. Let a man examine himself, and so eat the of the bread and drink of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgement upon himself.” 1 Cor 11:27-29, cf. CCC 1385).
 
We go to Mass to recieve the Lord in the Eucharist, to be in the presence of the Trinity, Our Lady, and the angels and saints who protect and intercede for us.

We go to Mass to sing and pray and open our hearts to God.
 
I go to mass to worship our Lord through repentance, praise, to hear the Father’s word and the Eucharist (when I get confirmed). IMO, there is nothing more holy than being in the company of the Lord at Mass.

When you think about it, what is a more clear and meaningful way to affirm you belief that Jesus is the Son of God than taking part in the Eucharist?
 
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