Traditional Catholics do not celebrate the Mass. They offer the Holy Mass as a sacrifice to God the Father, not as a celebration.
Jesus gave gives us His Body and Blood for our salvation at each and every sacrifice of the Holy Mass.
Please explain why we do not celebrate?
From USCCB: http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/the-mass/upload/celebrating-the-lords-day.pdf
Celebrating the Lord’s Day
O
n Sunday, we gather as the Body of Christ to
celebrate the Lord’s Day, the day of Christ’s
Resurrection:
As “the fi rst day of the week” (Mk 16:2) it recalls
the fi rst creation; and as the “eighth day,” which
follows the sabbath, it symbolizes the new creation
ushered in by the Resurrection of Christ. Th us,
it has become for Christians the fi rst of all days
and of all feasts. It is the
day of the Lord
in which
he with his Passover fulfi lled the spiritual truth of
the Jewish Sabbath and proclaimed man’s eternal
rest in God. (
Compendium of the Catechism of the
Catholic Church
, no. 452)
Th e Scriptures tell us that Jesus rose on the fi rst day
of the week—the day following the Jewish Sabbath.
Shortly after daybreak, the women found the tomb
empty and Jesus risen from the dead. Jesus’ death and
Resurrection opened for us the doors of salvation. Shar-
ing in Jesus’ death in Baptism, we hope to share in his
Resurrection. We become a new creation in Christ. It is
that new creation which we celebrate on Sunday:
Th is is the day the Lord has made;
let us rejoice in it and be glad. (Ps 118:24)
Each Sunday is a “little Easter”—a celebration of the
central mysteries of our faith.
His last words on the cross as recorded by John: Τετέλεσται...it is finished.
There is no more sacrifice.
24For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
25nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood that is not his own.
26Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
27And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment,
28so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.
Hebrews 9:24-28 NASB
11Every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; 12but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, Hebrews 10:11 NASB
The Roman Catholic Mass is in direct contradiction of the New Testament.
He gave His life, once for all.
His blood was poured out on the earth and is GONE.
Since flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven, He does not have a flesh and blood body to die over and over again, endlessly for however long Catholics think He needs to keep dying.
Jesus gave gives us His Body and Blood for our salvation at each and every sacrifice of the Holy Mass.
Really? In a non-bloody sacrifice as the official Catholic church teaching is on the subject?