We must guard the purity of the holy vessels which will touch the Immaculate Lamb; and the decency of the vestments which must cover Christ in the person of His priest while the Holy Sacrifice is being offered. If Christ’s priests truly loved Him, they would perform with dignity and with great reverence the slightest ceremonies of the Sacred Liturgy; and with attention, with mind and heart united with Christ, the High Priest.
After Holy Mass we should not hurry away and leave Christ. We should remain with Him some time in a heart-to-heart intimacy to thank Him and ask pardon for the irreverence's we have committed during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
When the Holy Sacrifice is offered, the souls in purgatory lift their hands in supplication to Christ’s priests. They beg us priests to pour upon them a few drops of Christ’s Precious Blood. They beg us to remember their burning desires, to hear their loving cries and their groans, and to have them in our priestly hearts so Christ can console and deliver them.
When a priest offers the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, heaven itself bends down toward him with reverence and gratitude. The angels and the blessed surround Christ’s priests with veneration and urge them to offer the Divine Victim. They pray that we unite their adoration with that of the Sacred Host which we hold in our hands.
The Blessed Virgin Mary herself, the Queen of all priests, is present each day at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. She is happy to renew, thanks to her priests, the offering of her Son which she once made in tears at the foot of the Cross.
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
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