why is the mass so important to catholics?

Answer 1

Many reasons.

A few of the most important are:
+ Keeping the Lord's Day holy
+ Coming together to praise, thank, and petition God
+ Coming together to share God's Word (Scripture)
+ Coming together in obedience of Jesus Christ command to "do this in memory of me" to receive the Eucharist (Holy Communion)

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

The (Holy Sacrifice of the) Mass is not the memorial service of Protestants. Nor is it, as some believe, a window into Calvary: it IS Calvary. Every Holy Mass ever offered was, is and will be the same sacrifice as that of the physical Jesus on Golgotha. The Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist is the body, blood, soul and divinity of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The Mass is vitally important to the Church Catholic because it has the power to improve the lives of individual and collective human beings.

Answer 3

All of the seven Sacraments give us Divine Grace. But the Eucharist is different from the other Sacraments in that it gives us not just Grace, but the very Author of Grace: God Himself. Or, more specifically, Jesus Christ. At Mass, Christ is fully given to us, so that we can live His Divine Life in our own poor, lowly existence. He transforms us by making us members of His Mystical Body, the Church. All of this occurs at Mass, which is why the Mass is so precious to Christians. The Christian Faith is centred on one thing: Love. And the Mass gives us the fullness of God's Love by giving us Jesus Christ, who is the Love of God in human flesh.

I hope this helps.

Answer 4

Because it is important to study God's Words like every other churches, Baptist, Jehovah's Witnesses and etc. Mass is more of Church Service. I think someone have better answer than I do, I am just beginning to learn more about every church belief

Answer 5

It IS the MAIN ritual of the RC Church in celebration of the Eucharist, as a reminder of recollecting the words said by Jesus to His disciples during the Last Supper.

Peace be with you.

Answer 6

Without mass there would be no gravitational interaction and they would fly off the face of the Earth.

Mass is a ritual that has been going on for centuries - its how they practice their worship service.

Answer 7

Catholics dogma states that forgiveness of sins can only be given if the confession is heard by a priest. If you attend mass and are friendly to the priests (and give them money) they are more likely to grant you confessional time.

Answer 8

University of Massachusettes is considered by some the birthplace of Catholicism

Answer 9

Fanatics

Answer 10

Hi, Corey. So it just so happens that I just responded to a question about the Eucharist, and since the Eucharist is the reason mass is so important to Catholics (that's where Catholics recieve the Eucharist and that is where the Eucharist becomes the Eucharist), I am copying a lot of what I said about the Eucharist. Repost if I can provide further explanation! Thanks for reading and God bless!

The Eucharist contains the body, blood and soul of Jesus, but under the accidents (appearance, physical make-up) of bread and wine. Whenever the miracle of the Eucharist changing into flesh has occurred, it has never NEVER been the practice of consuming that flesh. It was not God's intention for us to "practice cannabalism" as you say, but He did desire a special closeness with us. Please allow me to explain further.
Jesus taught his apostles and his other followers about the mystery of the Eucharist in John 6. He told them, "I am the bread of life." This made them "grumble" amongst themselves and ask questions. Jesus agains confirms, "I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world." Again, they argued, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" Does Jesus say, "Relax. It's just symbolic!" No, he confirms what they think he is saying! He says, "I tell you the truth! ....Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my bood has eternal life!.... For my flesh is REAL food and my blood is REAL drink." And then, St. John the Apostle tells us that many of Jesus's disciples hear this and leave Jesus--forever (John 6:66). Again, does Jesus say, "Hey, wait guys! Don't leave! My body is just symbolically bread! You can remain my disciples!" Does he "save" them from turning their backs on him? No, he does not! He does not change this hard teaching to keep his disciples! Instead, almost pathetically, he turns back to his 12 apostles and asks "You do not want to leave too, do you?" Jesus confirms the true presence of the Holy Eucharist even when it means losing many of his disciples because they find this teaching too difficult to believe.
The Holy Eucharist is a great mystery. One can spend their whole life contemplating why God has chosen to reveal Himself in this way--to belittle himself not only to become man--the Creator making himself a Creature, but to become food for man! Amazing, isn't it? If a mere man proposed this idea, we would think this was blasphemous to God--insulting Him! And yet, because Jesus Himself taught us this, we became silent in absolute awe of His love, mercy and humility.
For me, I recall that St. Paul talks about about the relationship between husband and wife mirrors that of Jesus and His church (Ephesians 5). Although there are many levels to this relationship, we know some things about the marital relationship that points to the mysteries of our relationship with our God through this relationship. One of the greatest expressions of total love and self-giving for a husband is to make love to his wife. In this act, when open to the possibility of new life, the husband gives a part of his very self to the woman, and when recieved by her body, the two can become three (see how this mirrors the mysterious relationship in the Trinity?). The love of a husband for his wife is so strong, that he wants to be as close to her as he can be, for the pure love her well-being, for the desire to care for her, for the desire to be so close to her as to become a very part of her. How much more does our God love us than a husband loves his wife???? In the way the husband gives of his very self in love for the creation of new life in his wife, Jesus gives us of his very self in love in the Holy Eucharist for the creation of new life (spiritually) within our very selves. He wants so much to be close to us, that He wants to become PHYSICALLY a very part of ourselves. He can't become close enough!!!! He wants to be as close to us as possible in every possible way, not only in the age to come, but even here, on Earth! That is the pinnacle of abosolute self-giving, self-sacrificing love that encompasses the teaching and example of Jesus Christ--this is why this sacrament is often referred to as the "Sacrament of Sacraments" within the churches which believe this teaching of Christ.