Holy Mass

Why Attend Holy Mass Daily

“The Mass is the most perfect form of prayer!

~Pope Paul VI

For each Mass we hear with devotion, Our Lord sends a saint to comfort us at death. (Revelation of Jesus Christ to Saint Gertrude the Great.)

Padre Pio, the stigmatic priest, said, the world could exist more easily without the sun than without the Mass.

The Cure d’Ars, Sait Jean Vianney, said, if we knew the value of the Mass, we would die of joy.

A great doctor of the Church, Saint Anslem, declares that a single Mass offered for oneself during life may be more than a thousand celebrated for the same intention after death.
Saint Leonard of Port Maurice supports this statement by saying that one Mass before death may be more profitable than many after it.

“The Holy Mass would be of greater profit if people had offered it in their lifetime, rather than having it celebrated for the relief of their souls after death.”

~Pope Benedict XV

Once, Saint Teresa was overwhelmed with God’s goodness and asked Our Lord, “How can I thank you?” Our Lord replied, “Attend one mass.”

The Blessed Virgin Mary once told Her faithful servant Alain: “My Son so loves those who assist at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, that, if it were necessary, He would die for them as many times as they have heard Masses.”

Graces Derived From Assisting At Mass

1. The Mass is Calvary continued.

2. Every Mass is worth as much as the sacrifice of Our Lord’s life, sufferings and death.

3. Holy Mass is the most powerful atonement for your sins.

4. At the hour of death, the Masses you have heard will be your greatest consolation.

5. Every Mass will go with you to judgment and plead for pardon.

6. At Mass, you can diminish more or less temporal punishment due to your sins, according to your fervor.

7. Assisting devoutly at Holy Mass, you can render to the sacred humanity of Our Lord the greatest homage.

8. He supplies for many of your negligences and omissions.

9. He forgives the venial sins which you have not confessed. The power of Satan over you is diminished.

10. You afford the souls in Purgatory the greatest possible relief.

11. One Mass heard during life will be of more benefit to you than many heard for you after your death.

12. You are preserved from dangers and misfortunes which otherwise might have befallen you. You shorten your Purgatory.

13. Every Mass wins for you a higher degree of glory in Heaven.

14. You receive the priest’s blessing which Our Lord ratifies in Heaven.

15. You kneel amidst a multitude of holy angels, who are present at the adorable Sacrifice with reverential awe.

16. You are blessed in your temporal goods and affairs.

In eternity, we shall fully realize that it was certainly worthwile to have assisted at Holy Mass daily.

Pray for priests that they may offer the mass with holy love and reverence.

Saint Bonaventure said: “that whoever neglected Our Lady would perish in his sins and would be damned.”