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Is a Catholic Mass a sacrifice?
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Does the mass participate in the everlasting sacrifice of Christ?
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Is the mass the same as the sacrifice of the cross?
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To understand the sacrifice of the Mass, it is essential that one understand the biblical picture of a sacrifice: It is always a gift; it is not always a killing. This is why Scripture can speak of a sacrifice of praise (Hos. 4:12) and the sacrifice of thanksgiving (Ps. 50:14).
Dec 20, 2001 · For Catholics, the Mass is such a sacred meal, a gathering of our Christian family to celebrate Christ's saving Death and Resurrection. We note, too, the symbolic elements of the meal itself: bread, water, wine. The unleavened bread and the wine were used in the Jewish Passover meal.
Aug 10, 2023 · So is the Eucharist a meal? Yes, but a unique kind of meal , because it is also a sacrifice, thanks to which (and thanks only to which) we are saved. By taking part in and receiving the Eucharist, we—the mystical body of Christ—join the supreme offering of our head to God.
Sep 1, 2003 · The Church has believed that the Mass is a true sacrifice from the earliest of times, as the early Church Fathers testify, and the Council of Trent affirmed it absolutely.
- Kenneth Howell
However, we do believe that the Mass does participate in the everlasting sacrifice of Christ. First, one must not separate the sacrifice of our Lord on the cross from the events which surround it. The sacrifice of our Lord is inseparably linked to the Last Supper. Here Jesus took bread and wine.
Since the Mass has the same external sign, and the same interior dispositions on the part of Christ, we rightly call it a sacrifice, the continuation of Calvary. It does not need to earn redemption all over - that was done once for all (Hebrews 9:28) by His death.
The Eucharist is a Real Sacrifice — it is Christ’s once-for-all, loving sacrifice for us. It is also our sacrifice — the loving surrender of our wills and our lives to God. When we receive Holy Communion, we are strengthened by Christ’s Real Presence so that we can do the Father’s will.
