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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Revelation 4:1-11, Psalm 150, Luke 19:11-28
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HOLY MASS: A HEAVENLY EXPERIENCE
"Holy, holy, holy..." —Revelation 4:8
The book of Revelation gives us a vision that lifts our minds and our
spirit from an earthly to a heavenly perspective. St. John's vision helps
us to set our hearts on heaven rather than earth (Col 3:1-2).
More than anything else on earth, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass enables
us to have not only a heavenly perspective, but even a heavenly
experience. In the Mass, Jesus is present in the Eucharist. Jesus Himself
said: "I Myself am the Living Bread come down from heaven" for us to eat
and never die (Jn 6:50, 51). In the Person of the eucharistic Jesus,
"heaven is wedded to earth" (Easter Vigil Exultet).
In the Mass, we join with the angels and saints as they sing, "Holy, holy,
holy" (Rv 4:8). In the Mass, we spend our lives in heavenly worship and
earthly charity until Jesus returns. At Mass, we "praise the Lord in His
sanctuary" (Ps 150:1). We wait in joyful hope for Jesus to come again and
bring us with Him to heaven. In the Mass, we have "an open door to heaven"
(Rv 4:1) as we join in the heavenly worship "around the throne" of God (Rv
4:3). In the Mass, "the Eucharist is celebrated in communion with the
whole Church in heaven and on earth" (Catechism, 1354).
At Mass, "we have our citizenship in heaven; it is from there that we
eagerly await the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ" (Phil 3:20).
"Participation in the Holy Sacrifice [of the Mass]...unites us even now to
the Church in heaven" (Catechism, 1419). Go to Mass as often as possible,
even daily. Experience heaven on earth.
Prayer: Jesus, I invest my life in taking up the cup of salvation, the
Bread of Life, and calling upon Your name at Mass (Ps 116:12-13).
Promise: "Whoever has will be given more, but the one who has not will
lose the little he has." —Lk 19:26
Praise: Philip attends daily Mass as often as possible and then makes a
spiritual communion when unable to attend.
(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)
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†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
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