[CATHOLIC CAUCUS] Now This is Communion

Fallible Blogma ^ | 8/31/2010 | Matthew Warner

[markomalley]

There is an estimated (at least) 350,000 Catholic Masses celebrated every day on planet Earth. It is celebrated in every nook and cranny on the planet, by every race and nationality, and using every language. And each of these Masses is celebrated (generally) using the same scripture readings and the same prayers.

Every single one of these 350,000 Masses is actually doing exactly what Jesus said to do in scripture (Luke 22:19, 1 Cor 11:23-29) when he said “Do this in memory of me.” Catholics live that out as a Church over 350,000 times a day. That means there are 4 priests saying those precise words, “Do this in memory of me,” every single second of every single day.

Every one of these Masses is literally and continually making present Christ’s (once and for all) sacrifice on Calvary for all mankind. At any second you can join your own prayers to one.

When you participate in a Catholic Mass, you are participating in the same celebration as these other 350,000 daily Masses all over the world (you wanna talk about a “mega-church”?). We are all joined in the same readings and prayers and we partake of the same, specific Eucharist. And the rest of the time, when we are living out our faith outside of Mass, there are (literally) a billion other Catholics around the world continually offering it up on our behalf.

Now that’s unity (John 17:11). That’s communion.

[kitkat]

BUMP

[jtal]

... using every language.

unfortunate

half * :-)

[Salvation]

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[SuziQ]

Our daughter and I flew to Tokyo to visit some friends, and the first Sunday we were there, attended Mass at a Parish that didn't have an English language Mass. My friend went with us, to help us find the place, so she attended Mass with us. Afterwards, she asked me how I knew what was going on, because it was entirely in Japanese. I told her that the Mass was the same everywhere, and even if didn't know the language, I knew what was happening. Afterwards, I asked my daughter what the sermon was about, and she told me, because she could speak and understand enough Japanese to get the gist of it.

It was a fascinating experience! The following weekend, we went to a Franciscan Parish, in Roppongi, where they DID speak English.