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Show 208: THE PROFIT TO BE DERIVED FROM THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS · The Uncensored Catholic

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Speaker 1: A Hey, y'all, welcome this week's show. Wow, what a
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week it's spent. Huh. Pope Francis passed away and day
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after Easter. You know, I've been very critical of him.
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Will not deny that. I always said he's not a
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good pope. He's not the best pope, but he is
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the pope and he deserves a respect and prayers for
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his well being. So now I'm just praying for the
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repose of his soul and hoping and praying that the
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cardinals will be guided by the Holy Spirit to choose
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exactly the right pope as God intens. You know, Church's
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been around for two thousand years. We've had a couple
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of bad popes, two or three bad popes. And I
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don't mean I don't include Pope Francis and that when
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I say he was a bad pope. It's just he
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wasn't very clear on things. He never did a single
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thing to change the official doctrine and teachings of the
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Catholic Church, obviously, but he confused a lot of people
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on a lot of subjects, and of course politically we
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disagreed greatly, But apparently a lot of people really thought
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well of him. And maybe he did bring some good,
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you know, some people into the church. Yeah, God, that's
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the thing. See, God uses even a flawed pope for
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his purposes. Just as out of the twelve apostles handpicked
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by Jesus Christ, one of them was Judas. Without Judas,
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Jesus wouldn't have been crucified, and we wouldn't have the resurrection,
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and we wouldn't all be redeemed and saved. I mean,
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so God uses even very bad men for his overall
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good purpose. It's it's just divine protest providence. You know,
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we've had two or three really bad popes in the past.
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There was a time when we even had two popes,
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you know, there were France and Italy were vying for well,
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France and Rome we're vying for, you know, power, and
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that all got worked out. In each case, God used
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flawed people for good purpose. So I know, whoever is
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chosen as the pope is going to be the one
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God intends to be pope. And let's just hope that
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he's one that's really a lot more like John Paul
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the Second than Pope Francis. And I'm not despairing to
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be Pope Francis in any way, shape or form. In fact,
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I've had to admit that he was probably a lot
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better pope than I thought, But still he was no
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John Paul. Second, he was no pious at tenth And
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I think we need strong, clear leadership. So let's you know,
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as faithful Catholics, all we can do is pray for
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the repose of his soul and for the best possible pope,
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and trust God to take care of things. You know,
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the Catholic Church is not a democracy. We do not
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choose our priest, We do not choose our bishop or
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our cardinal, and we certainly do not choose the pope.
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The Holy Spirit chooses the pope. And Jesus said that
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the gates of hell would not prevail against his church.
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Those who hear you hear me. Those who reject you
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reject him who sent me. We have nothing to worry about.
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But faith is belief in things unseen, and right now
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we have faith in that the right pope is going
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to be chosen, and when he is, we will give
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him full respect of his authority of the church. And
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you know, as a man chosen by God to be
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the successor of Peter, and says it should be so
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I'm not worried about it. I'm interested, very interested, but
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not worried about it. So today we're going to get
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back into the subject of the Mass, and we're specifically
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going to discuss, as Father Sparago said it, the prophet
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to be derived from the Holy sacrifice of the Mass.
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You'll find this fascinating, you know, this is what we
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have as Catholics that Protestants don't have. We have the
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graces that come to us through the Mass, through the Eucharist.
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You're gonna love this. So we're also going to talk
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We're going to go back to Rady replies and the
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questioner is asking the priests about how old the world
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is and how it was formed and such as that,
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topics that are maybe of interest to you if you
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ever have to debate with an atheist or something, or
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a modernist or whatever, or just for your own personal curiosity.
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But first of all, I have a bit of an announcement.
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the show. Done enough shameless self promotion as Rush Limball
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a huge debt of gratitude. The whole country owes Rush
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Limbaugh a debt of gratitude. But anyway, the questioner asks
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the priests. Scientists say that the process of creation took
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millions of years, Genesis says that had occurred in six days.
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Why cling to a story which is which reason discredits?
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And they answer, the reason in no way discredits the
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account of Genesis. I am speaking of the genuine and
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enlightened reason, not of the notions of people who think
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their own opinions are always reasonable, whether they are or
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are so or not. It is possible to interpret the
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Hebrew word day as a meaning of a period of
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indefinite length, but there is no need to adopt this interpretation.
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We can admit that Moses had in mind days as
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we know them, of twenty four hours each. Did God
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then create and establish all things as they are within
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a period of six ordinary days? No to arrest the
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attention and to assist the memories of those for whom
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he wrote, Moses used the analogy of days with mornings
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and evenings, as the people living that time when he
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wrote knew them. He used these days to typify the
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objective reality of God's creative work during long periods of time.
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This is a purely literary device, quite compatible with inspiration,
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and above all, when we remember that the main purpose
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of the author was to show that God is the
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author and Lord of all things. In its religious significance,
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this account makes use of the seven ordinary sections of
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the week, bidding men worship God and rest upon the seventh. Scientifically,
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each day applies to a long, core lative objective period
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required for the slow astronomical and geological formation. In other words,
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Moses dedicated seven consecutive days in honor of God's work
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considered as having occurred in seven consecutive periods, and after
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the sixth day, God is described as having abstained from
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further labor, So after six days of labor, man was
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to abstain on the seventh. Thus Moses impressed upon the
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people that the week must end in the day to
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vote to religious duties. In person says, but apart from
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the time required, science contradicts the very sequence of events
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as given by Moses, and they answer, Moses had no
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intention of giving the exact order in which things were produced.
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It is obviously that is obvious that he intended to
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rearrange the order to suit himself. His order is logical,
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not chronological. He describes eight divine periods in general, confining
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them descriptively to six days, allotting two operations to the
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third day and two to the sixth day. It is
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clearly an intentional artificial arrangement. When a book has no
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intention of giving scientific account, nor of recording the chronological
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order of events, it is absurd to quarrel with it
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because it does not. I could write the life of
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a man according to the chronological sequence of years, or
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with an arbitrary arrangement of time. Dealing with him, say
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as a lawyer or a writer of philanthropist or politician, etc.
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These sections chronologically overlapping or being subject to inversion. This
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would not interfere with the historical value of my work.
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Science has nothing to say about the arrangement of matter,
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which abstracts from science and follows legitimate cans of literary structures,
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structures literary structures. A person says, you believe that you
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can interpret science without sacrificing the mosaic account of creation?
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And they say it will take science all its time
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to clarify its own conclusions. But apart from that, no
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scientific conclusion will ever necessitate the rejection of a single
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jot or title of scripture. Truth can never contradict truth,
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and the Biblical account is absolutely true in its own order.
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It is not professed to give technically scientific account, but
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it does give the truth in a popular style adapted
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to the Hebrew mentality of the time when it was written.
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Person continues, is it not necessary to rationalism to say
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of every unpalable Biblical story, I have not to believe
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it absolutely? And they answer, I have never made that concession.
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We have to believe the Bible absolutely. But according to
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the exact sense intended in the Bible. If you think that,
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we do not believe it absolutely because we do not
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subscribe to what you think ought to be the sense,
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it is no flaw of ours, nor is such an
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attitude of mind rational. The person says, is it true
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as Genesis says the earth is five thousand years old?
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And they say Genesis does not say that. It is
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impossible to calculate the age of the Earth from the
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book of Genesis could be millions of years old without
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the mosaic account being affected. He continues, did Moses know
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the age of the earth? And they answer there is
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no evidence as whether he knew it or not. If
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he did know, he said nothing about it in his writings,
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Not intending to write a scientific textbook, he did not think.
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He did not think it fit to touch upon the subject.
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And he asked two more questions, how old would you
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declare the earth to be? And the press answers, I
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could not possibly tell you. God has not told us,
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and he alone was there when creation began. The earth
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probably existed some million years before it became habitable by man.
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It is possible that the first man appeared ten twenty
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or one hundred thousand years ago. In this matter, we
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have nothing very reliable. We have but the ever changing
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opinions or conjectures of scientists to go upon. And finally,
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he says, isn't it new to hear a Catholic admit
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that the earth Earth could be millions of years old?
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And they answer, it is probably as new as the
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evidence has the evidence the science of astronomy and geology
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have been able to provide before the evidence of geological
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stratification was available to men. But men can only conjecture.
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Some were erroneously of the some are erroneously of the
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opinion that they could calculate the age of creation from
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the Bible. But the churches never imbie anything dogmatic in
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her teachings on that question. It is purely scientific question,
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not one of faith or morals. Very true, there are
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Protestant churches that will vow and declare that the Earth
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is only ten thousand years old, and some say less
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than that, and some say more. And they say that
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because the Bible was the only authority they believe, and
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they try to interpret the Bible to say how the
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Earth is, And the Bible was not written with that
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in mind. It was not intended for that purpose, and
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it is you are not able to know the age
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of the earth or when the first man was created
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using the Bible. You have to remember when the Bible
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gives these genealogies. Okay, so think about it this way.
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I can think back and probably remember the last seven
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generations of my family. I mean, if someone asked me
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right now, or even I really thought about it, without
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looking for a written record somewhere, I could probably name
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well myself, my parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents, my
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great great grandparents. That's five. Yeah, I could go great
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great great, So I couldn't even be really sure after six.
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If I really thought about it, Yeah, I can go
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to seven because that would be the one that died
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in the Civil War. And you know, so I can
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get to seven. Beyond that, it actually gets a little cloudy.
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You know. I had ancestors in the War eighteen twelve
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and the Revolution. Before the Revolution, I got a gap there.
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We don't even know a good two three generations on.
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You know, at least one side of my family. The
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courthouse burned down, and we don't even know where they're
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who their fa the parents were when they came to
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North Carolina or where they're buried, because the records were
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destroyed both during the Revolution. The courthouse was born during
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burned during the War of eighteen twelve. The courthouse was
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burned during well, no, I think it was eighteen twelve
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and the Civil War. Yeah, not the Revolution, but eighteen
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twelve in the Civil War. And then again it just
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burned again in the sixties. So I got a lot
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of gaps in my family tree. You go back to
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the authors of the Old Testament who had no written
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records whatsoever. I mean when they start talking about, you know,
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after Adam came this generation of that generation that was
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oral tradition. And it's not authoritative that I mean, it's
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more symbolic. There could have been thousands of generations between
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Adam and Noah, for instance, or Adam and Abraham, if
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you want to start there, thousands of generations, tens of thousands.
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Who knows, They only know like the high points. Like
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I could tell you that, you know, one of my
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ancestors was Lord Cheshire. That he would have been around
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oh gosh, seventeen thirty or so, a nobleman from England,
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and I can't tell you who his father was. Or
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who his son or grandson was. But I know one
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of my ancestors was Lord Cheshire, right, And I know
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that because one of his ancestors was like, you know,
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King Richard Lionheart or King Edward the Confessor. You know, yeah,
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King Edward of the Confessor is like my great great
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great great great great great great great grandfather, the Kings
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of Wessex and England. I can't tell you for a
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good five hundred year stretch on either side of most
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of those figures who I'm related to. So when you
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look at the genealogies of the Bible, especially those that
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are like you know, in the really ancient pass from
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like Adam up to Abraham and Moses and Noah, and
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you know, the big figures of the Bible, you can
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pretty much figure there are a few dozen or a
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few hundred generations in between that got forgotten because they
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just well, I mean, they weren't like, you know, they
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may have been great men. I don't mean to disparage them,
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but they weren't known names that would be passed on
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from generation and generation and talked about. And you know,
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grandparents tare on their grandkids the tales of how great
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their ancestor was it's just human nature. But anyway, let's
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get on to follow Sparago and we're still talking about
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the Mass, and this week we're talking about, as he said,
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the prophet to be derived from the holy sacrifice of
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the Mess. By means of the holy sacrifice of the Mass,
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the fruits of the sacrifice of the Cross are applied
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to us in abundant measure, more particularly when we obtain them,
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when we obtain thereby forgiveness of sin, certitude that our
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prayers are heard, temporal blessings, and eternal reward. Every mass
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is productive of the same fruits for the same profit
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to the soul as that which resulted from the death
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of our Lord on Good Friday. And since the sacrifice
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of the Mass is identical with the sacrifice of the Cross,
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it follows as a necessary consequence that its effects are
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the same. The death and passion of Christ are the treasury.
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The Mass is the key that unlocks it. The Cross
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is the tree of life, laden with celestial fruits. And
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by the Mass, those fruits are given to us in
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the sacrifice of the Mass, we are made partakers of
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the merits of Christ. They are it is true applied
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to us by the other means of grace, but far
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less freely and abundantly. That means you get more in
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the Mass than you do from the other means of grace.
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In other words, the Mass is the greatest abundance of
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grace given to man, and again to something Protestants would
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never get to experience. At the time of Mass. God
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gives lavishly. From no other source. Do the streams of
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grace flow so copiously as from the altar. In the Mass,
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the Son of the Most High God comes down from
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the gardens of Paradise, bringing to us thence, from thence
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celestial riches and treasures of infinite value. In the Mass,
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the heavenly Father gives us his son, and hath he
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not with him also given us all things. That's Romans
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eight thirty two. If you, o Christian, knew how to
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profit by the Mass, by it, you might become richer
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than all creatures of God can make you. One must
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be in a state of grace in order to receive
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most of the sacraments. Otherwise one cannot share in Christ's merits,
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and one encourags the guilt of mortal sin. But is
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not necessary to be in a state of grace to
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hear the mass. A lot of people say I'm not
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going to Mass because I haven't been a confession. No,
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you still need to go to Mass, and you'll still
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receive grace even though you can't receive the Eucharus. The
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sinner does not commit a fresh sin by doing so.
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On the contrary, he gains the grace of conversion. The
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forgiveness of sins consists in this consists in this. Through
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the sacrifice of the Mass, sinners obtain the grace and
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gift of penitence, while the just obtain remission of anial
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sin and of the temporal penalty due to sin. That
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remission of sin is affected by the mass. We learn
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from our Lord's words when he consecrated the Chalice in
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Matthew twenty six twenty eight the masses above all propitiatory sacrifice.
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Thereby it is differentiated from the Old Testament sacrifices. They
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only cleanse from legal impurities, not from sin Hebrews ten
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to one. The oblation of the New Testament alone has
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the power to remit sin Hebrews nine nine. Upon the cross,
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Christ's cried Father forgive them Luke twenty three, thirty four
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and that mass, he utters the same petition on half
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of all who are present. As the blood of Abel
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cried to heaven for vengeance, so the blood of Christ
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calls to Heaven in the Mass from mercy, and the
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voice of his well beloved son has more power with
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God than that of Abel had Hebrews twelve twenty four.
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In the Mass, Christ as our advocate with the Father
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the propitiation of our sin First John two one. Our
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Lord once said to Saint milk Tilled, I have real
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trouble with that name. Me e c h t I
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l d e mechtilde. I guess that's a tough one.
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My condescision in the Mass is so great that there
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is no sinner, however great, they're present, to whom I
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will not gladly grant forgiveness if only he asked me
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for it. Just as men are pacified by a gift
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and induced thereby to condone offenses committed against them. Remember
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how Jacob, on returning home, approached his brother Esaul with
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a present to Alais Wrath Genesis thirty two twenty. So
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God allowed his anger to be appeased by the oblation
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of the Holy Mass, that holy sacrifice rescues the ciner
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from eternal perdition. As the Sun disperses the clouds and
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makes the face of nature bright, so Holy Mass gladdens
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the Church of God. The effect of Holy Mass upon
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the center is not immediately perceived. God brings about his
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conversion an opportune moment when his heart is open to
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the influence of grace. At the time of Our Lord's crucifixion,
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few were moved to repentance. Not until Pentecost, when the
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hearts of many were softened by the preaching of Peter,
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to the effect of the sacrifice of the Cross become apparent.
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Many are gradually converted through divine grace, without knowing that
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this is owing to the power of the Holy Mass.
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The Holy Ghost acts upon the hearts of those who
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assist at Mass. He acted upon the Centurion and some
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others who stood beside the Cross of Christ, who acknowledge
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indeed this man was the Son of God. The lights
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about the altar are emblematical of the graces of the
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Holy Spirit, which are communicating and rich abundancy to those
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who hear Mass devoutly. It would not be meat or
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proper for one who had served at the table of
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a monarch to go away hungry. And it cannot be
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supposed that one who had heard Mass piously should be
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allowed to depart without spiritual nourishment. As when the mouth eats,
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the whole body is refreshed. So the faithful communicate spiritually
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at the community of the Priests, although they do not
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actually receive the Lord's body. So again, go to Mass,
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even if you can't receive the Eucharus. The just obtained
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remission of venial sin through the sacrifice of the Mass,
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because the treasures of the infinite satisfaction, because of the
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treasures the infinite satisfaction our Lord made to his heavenly Father,
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are offered for them in it venial sin, says coach him.
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Melt away at Mass like wax before the fire. Council
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of Trent declares that by the sacrifice of the Mass
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we attain the remission of the sins we daily commit,
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and we do daily, whether we know where or not. If,
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as Saint Augustus searts, one o one our father and
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Saint Augustine did say this, I had to be clarified later. Actually,
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he said, Sante Augustus said, saying the our Father or
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the you know, the Lord's prayer, as Protestants call it was,
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would take away sin, just like going to confession. They
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later it had to be clarified that it would expiate
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venial sin if said with contrition, okay, so, and that's
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in the catechism, he wrote, actually confused a lot of people.
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It had to be clarified. But anyway, he said, If,
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as Saint Augusta asserts, one, our father said, from the
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heart will expiate venial sin of a whole day. So
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there you go with contrition. And our father said, from
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the heart will expiate the venial sin of a whole day.
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It's pretty amazing. How much more? How much more? The set?
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How much more are they expiated by the sacrifice of
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the Holy Mass? H oh, dyslexia kicked in there for
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a second. Let me see if I get that one
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more time. If, as s To Augustine asserts, one, our
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father said, from the heart will expiate the venial sins
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of a whole day, how much more are they expiated
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by the sacrifice of the Holy Mass. The Mass is
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also a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of which
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we are not conscious. Father Coachum tells us that one
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mass will will do more to pay the temporal penalty
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due to sin than the severest penances. Moreover, the divine
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chastisements are averted by Holy Mass. When God sent a
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pestilence upon Israel during David's reign and seventy thousand of
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the people died, the prophet told the sorrowing king to
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offer a holocaust and burnt offering to appease the anger
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of God. No sooner was this done that the plague
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was stayed. Now at the sacrifice of Oxenen Sheep availed
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to arrest the divine judgment that cannot what cannot the
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sacrifice of the mass effect. If says Coachum, thou dost
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hear Mass, thou mayest hope that thy purgatory will be
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short and not severe, because by frequently assembling devoutly at
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Holy Mass, thou hast to a great extent expiated thy sins.
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Consider how quickly the penitent thief who witnessed the sacrifice
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of Our Lord upon the cross was admitted to Heaven.
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The prayers we offer during Mass will surely be heard,
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because they are aided by the prayer of Our Lord
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and of the angels who are present. When we hear Mass,
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our prayers are strengthened by our Lord's prayers, and his
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prayers are never offered in vain, for the Father heareth
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him always John eleven forty two. The Holy Angels await
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the time of Mass in order to proffer their petitions
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on our behalf with greater urgency and more hope of success.
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As the sacrifice of the Mass is more excellent than
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any other act of worship, so the prayers offered during
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Mass are more efficacious than the others. Saint Francis de
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Salles says that prayers offered in union with the Divine
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Victim have an inexpressible power. Favors can be obtained at
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the time of Mass, which can be obtained no other.
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Let him who is always complaining that he cannot pray
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a right, says Saint Coachum, go to Mass, that Christ
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may pray for him and instead of him, and pray
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for him and instead of him, and supply what is
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wanting in his prayers. How foolishly those act who stay
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at home who say it, How foolishly those act who
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say at home the prayers they might say at Mass.
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Through the Holy sacrifice of the Mass, temporal blessings are obtained.
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Especially these. God protects us from misfortune, assists us in
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our work, and blesses our temporal substance. He who has
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heard Mass devoutly will succeed in all things during the
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remainder of the day. The favorite servant of Queen Elizabeth
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of Portugal escaped a parent certainty of death through hearing Mass.
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Saint Philip Neary was accustomed to offer the Holy Sacrifice
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sacrifice before commencing any important undertaking, because he thereby ensured
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it success. You are strengthened to meet the troubles of
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the whole day if you have been near your Redeemer
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in the morning at Holy Mass. God assists those in
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their work who have heard the Mass with devotion in
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the morning. Saint Isidore, a farm servant at Madrid, used
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to rise daily at a very early hour in order
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to hear Mass before going to his work. When his master,
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at the instigation of his fellow servants and blamed him
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for doing this, he replied, if you find that I
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get through less work than others, take something off my wages.
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The master observed him narrowly, and was soon convinced that
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isidor did a great deal more than the other men,
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for an angel at his side assisted in his labor,
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and thenceforward he did not attempt to hinder him from
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going daily to mass. God also adds to the worldly
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possessions of those who make a point of hearing mass
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by increasing their property. He gives them the occasion of
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earning more merits that means they have more to give
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to charity, you know, or more alms to give. He
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does not fail to recompense. It's even unrepentant sinners who
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go to mass, since they are not in a position
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to receive an eternal reward. God, who of his infinite
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bounty does not permit the least good to good work
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to go unrewarded, either confers some good fortune upon them
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or protects him from misfortune. We cannot obtain an internal
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recompense through hearing mass unless we are in a state
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of grace. Every mass they'll hear, says Father Kachum, perceptibly
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increases thy future felicity or happiness. As one who is
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mounting a flight of steers comes higher at each step,
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so one who hears mass ascends one degree higher to heaven.
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The higher he mounts. The near he comes to God,
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the more clearly he knows him, the more dearly he
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loves him, the more ineffable his enjoyment of Him. And
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for all the hardships you have endured by reasons of
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going to Mass, early, rising, exposure, cold, etc. You will
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be abundantly requited in heaven. A man who had given
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up going to Mass on weekdays for some time on
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account of the disa since, once beheld in a dream
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an angel following him on his way to the church
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and counting every step he took in view of his
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future reward. After he had that dream, he had ganitated
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Mass regularly. How unwise are those who neglect the holy
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sacrifice of the altar. The early Christians valued holy Mass
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aright and were ready to lay down their lives rather
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than be deprived of it. What a responsibility for us
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now that it is such an easy matter that it
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caused us nothing to go to Mass. The burnt offerings
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of the Jews were costly. They were required to sacrifice
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that once a sheep and a goat, or of poor
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two doves. And we have an all efficacious sacrifice without
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a price. Let us therefore go with confidence to the
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throne of God Hebrews four sixteen. Those who participate in
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the fruits of the Holy sacrifice of the Mass are
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first the individual for whom it is celebrated, then the
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priests and all who are present, and finally at all
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the eightful, both living and dead. Moreover, the holy sacrifice
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gives joy to all the angels and the saints, first
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and foremost the individual for whom the masses said benefits
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most by it. The priests at liberty to apply the
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actual fruit of the mass to whomsoever he will. From
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time memorial, it has been customary in the Church to
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give a fixed sum to the priests, that he may
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save the mass for a certain intention. The money is
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not given to pay for the mass, for the value
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of the masses beyond price, but as an alms towards
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the maintenance of the priests and to defray the expense
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of the divine worship, to pay the server, the purchase
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the candles, etc. In early times, the priest was not
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paid him money, but in kind the people brought him wine, oil, bread, etc.
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Not until the Middle Ages it become usual to give money.
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The amount to be given is fixed by the bishop.
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It varies in different countries. No priest is allowed to
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ask for more, unless the masses wanted to go on
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at a very early hour, or a sung mass is desired,
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or the priest has to go a long distance. The
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priests who celebrates the mass derives greater benefit from it
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than do those who hear it, because he's in close
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proximity to the author of all grace. A monarch pays
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more attention to the envoy of his subjects than he
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would to one of the people who have deputed to
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him to speak for them. And God in like manner,
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regards the priests at the altar, not as a sinful mortal,
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but as the ambassador empowered by his son consequently to
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speak in the name of the Church, and as a
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representative of his son. Consequently, his prayer has more power
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with God. All who are president mass or spiritually sprinkled
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with the blood of Christ. Could you see the beauty
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and brilliance of a soul thus sprinkled with His blood,
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You would be ready to fall down and adore it.
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By reason of the community of saints, the whole church
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is benefited by a holy sacrifice. It is an embassy
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to the Holy Trinity, bringing the gift of inestimable value.
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If a deputation from the town offers a present to
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their monarch, all the inhabitants take part in offering it.
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So all Christendom has its share in the mass, although
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the sacrificial act is is although at the sacrificial act
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is represented as a few in number. On this account,
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the priest says the prayers of the Mass that he
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offers up the sacrifice of praise for the whole Church
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and through all who pay their vows to the eternal,
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Living and True God. Prayer after the sanctness, every priest
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offers a sacrifice of mass for the salvation of the
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whole world. Without destruction would long ago have come upon
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the earth. By reason of the multitude of man's transgressions.
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The faithful departed benefit more particularly by the Holy Mass.
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Our Lord's death upon the cross was an immense prophet
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to the dead. He directly went down to Limbo to
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set free many who were there. It is the same now.
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Whenever Our Mass is said, several souls are released from purgatory.
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The angels hastened to open for them the gate of
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their prison. Moreover, the holy sacrifice gives joy to angels
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and saints, since the blessed, since the blessed desire above
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all things the glory of God and the salvation of mankind,
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the experience inexpressible delight when they see in the Mass
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the highest honors are paid to the Holy Trinity, and
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the spiritual welfare of man is profoundly promoted. The angels
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and saints also rejoice because their names occur in the
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Holy Mass. They exult with the exultation of warriors, who,
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having been companions of their monarch in the fight, are
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not forgotten in the triumph of his victory. And if
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even from the Jewish sacrifices the most sweet odor rose
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to heaven number numbers twenty eight to two, how much
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more must this be the case. With the oblation of Christ.
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The fragrance of his blood goes up on high to
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refresh and invigorate the blessed denizens of heaven. For this reason,
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the angels descend from the realms above to assistant Mass.
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As on Christmas night they came down to Bethlehem, singing
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songs of praise. They adore the newborn infant in the manger.
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So now they stand on the ground at the altar
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so now they stand around them altar at the time
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of Mass, because the only forgotten Son of God is
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again made flesh. When God brought in the first forgotten
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into the world, he said, let all the angels of
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God adore him Hebrews one six. Remember when you hear mass,
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you're in the company of countless celestial spirits, and we
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will wrap it up there. The Mass is the most
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powerful thing on earth. I mean, it is so amazing
40:26
that many Catholics, of course take it for granted. We've
40:31
all been guilty of that. At some point or other.
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We've been distracted, our mindsment on something else, we went
40:36
out of obligation. But even a distracted mass has more
40:43
merit than all the church services of all Protestant denominations
40:47
in all the world put together. One mass brief bad homily.
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I mean, a priest just going through the actions as
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happened sometimes has more merit than all the church services
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of all Protestant denominations, all the worship of all Muslims
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and Jews and Pagans and you know, Hindus and Buddhists
41:15
put together. I mean, if we could actually see what
41:19
happens at the Mass, we would fall down and faint.
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I mean, I mean we couldn't handle it. I mean,
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it is the most profound thing that takes place in
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this world and has constantly at every moment of the
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day somewhere in this world for over two thousand years.
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It's just amazing. So y'all have a great week. Talking
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get just a wonderful pope, just a fantastic pope, and
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the Pope Francis. Let's hope he becomes a saint. But anyway,
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let's pray for the repose of soul of Francis. Y'all
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have a going and I'll talk to you next week.