Can someone PLEASE define MASS (Roman Catholic Worship)?

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Answer 1

Hello May the peace of Christ be with you. As a Catholic and someone who attends Mass every Sunday, I will try and define Mass for you. Mass to Catholics is the celebration of the Eucharist. We Catholics believe that during the Mass the Bread and Wine becomes the Body and the Blood of Christ. This happens during the Eucharist Prayer. The celebration of the Eucharist is central to all Catholics and it is this that separates us from the protestants churches. In many of your answers I see a lot of crude and sicking responses to your question, everyone is entitled to their opinion but why mock some thing that is harmless and holy to so many.

Answer 2

For Catholics, the Holy Eucharist / Catholic Mass is considered the most important and highest form of prayer. In fact, attending Mass is an obligation, under penalty of mortal sin, each Sunday and on certain other Holy Days of Obligation. The Mass is divided into two sections, the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The Liturgy of the Word consists of two readings (one from the Old Testament and one from the New Testament), the Responsorial Psalm, the Gospel reading, the homily (or sermon), and general intercessions (also called petitions).



The center of the Mass is its second part, the Liturgy of the Holy Eucharist. During this time, Catholics share in the body and blood of Jesus in the form of the bread and wine passed out to the congregation. According to the Bible, this is done in remembrance of Christ (1 Corinthians 11:23-25, cf. Luke 22:18-20 and Matthew 26:26-28). However, according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1366, "The Eucharist is thus a sacrifice because it re-presents (makes present) the sacrifice of the cross, because it is its memorial and because it applies its fruit." The Catechism continues in paragraph 1367:



The sacrifice of Christ and the sacrifice of the Holy Eucharist are one single sacrifice: "The victim is one and the same: the same now offers through the ministry of priests, who then offered himself on the cross; only the manner of offering is different." "And since in this divine sacrifice which is celebrated in the Mass, the same Christ who offered himself once in a bloody manner on the altar of the cross is contained and is offered in an unbloody manner. . . this sacrifice is truly propitiatory."

Answer 3

Usual anti-Catholic hate and spite filled answers from some of the contributors!
If you were as intelligent as you were bigoted you would know that the Mass as described is not too different from the worship of the Anglicans (they share a wide amount of agreement over the Eucharist) The Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches. Are you saying that they worship satan too?
Shame on you if you profess to follow Christ!

Answer 4

The Catholic Mass is the highest form of prayer and worship. It is during this time that we honor The Most High God, His Son and the Holy Spirit. Jesus is made literally present for us in the Blessed Eucharist, which means that when we go to Mass, we encounter God. We encounter Him with our entire being - mentally, spiritually, psychologically, and physically. This is the beauty of the Mass. It is when heaven touches down on earth.

If you'd like to read a good book about this, check out The Lamb's Supper by Scott Hahn. You can also check out this website: http://catholic.com/library/sacraments.asp

God bless.

Answer 5

The Mass:
+ Is the principal sacramental celebration of the Catholic Church
+ Was established by Jesus at the Last Supper
+ Renews the mystery of our salvation through participation in the sacrificial death and glorious resurrection of Christ

In the Mass, we:
+ Gather as one family
+ Admit our sins, ask God for forgiveness, and the saints and each other for prayer and support
+ Glorify God
+ Listen to, ponder and reflect on His Word from the Scriptures
+ Pray for the Church, the world, those in need, and ourselves
+ Celebrate the Eucharist (Holy Communion) in obedience with Christ's command to "do this in memory of me."
+ Are sent out into the world to love and serve the Lord and one another

It is called "Mass" (from the Latin missa) because of the "mission" or "sending" with which the liturgical celebration concludes.

Here is an outline of the Mass:

+ Introductory Rites
. + Entrance (All stand)
. + Greeting
. + Act of Penitence
. + Kyrie Eleison (Latin for "Lord have mercy")
. + Gloria
. + Opening Prayer

+ Liturgy of the Word
. + First Reading - usually from the Old Testament (All sit)
. + Responsorial Psalm
. + Second Reading - usually from a New Testament Epistle
. + Gospel Reading (All stand)
. + Homily (All sit for the sermon)
. + Profession of Faith (the Nicene Creed) (All stand)
. + Prayer of the Faithful (prayers of petition)

+ Liturgy of the Eucharist
. + The Preparation of the Gifts - the bread and wine are brought forward and placed on the altar, our monetary offerings are also collected at this time (All sit)
. + The Prayer over the Offerings (All stand)
. + The Eucharistic Prayer - during this prayer the bread and wine change into the Body and Blood of Christ (Catholics kneel, visitors may kneel or sit)
. + The Lord's Prayer (All stand)
. + The Rite of Peace (We offer each other a sign of peace)
. + The Breaking of the Bread
. + Communion - non-Catholics are requested out of respect not to receive Communion, they may approach the altar with their arms crossed over their chest to receive a blessing (Stand or kneel according to local custom)

+ The Concluding Rites
. + Announcements (All sit)
. + Blessing (All stand)
. + Dismissal
. + Procession

With love in Christ.

Answer 6

Sunday is the Lord's Day Isaiah a million:13 - God starts to bare His displeasure with the Sabbath. Matt. 28:a million; Mark sixteen:2,9; John 20:a million,19- the Gospel writers purposely exhibit Jesus' resurrection and appearances have been on Sunday. this is because of the fact Sunday had now grow to be the main vital day in the existence of the Church. Acts 20:7 - this text exhibits the apostolic custom of amassing collectively to rejoice the Eucharist on Sunday, the "first day of the week." Luke documents the thought worship became into on Sunday because of the fact this became into between the departures from the Jewish form of worship. a million Cor. sixteen:2 - Paul instructs the Corinthians to contribute to the church homes "on the 1st day of the week," that's Sunday. this is because of the fact the traditional day of Christian worship is Sunday. Col. 2:sixteen-17 - Paul teaches that the Sabbath became into in basic terms a shadow of what became into fulfilled in Christ, and says "permit no one pass judgment from now on over a Sabbath." 2 Thess. 2:15 - we are to hold rapid to apostolic custom, no count if this is oral or written. the two,000 twelve months-old custom of the Church is that the apostles replaced the Sabbath day of worship from Saturday to Sunday. Heb. 4:8-9 - with regard to the day of relax, if Joshua had given relax, God would not later communicate of "yet another day," that's Sunday, the hot Sabbath. Sunday is the 1st day of the week and the 1st day of the hot introduction further approximately by utilising our Lord's resurrection, which became into on Sunday. Heb. 7:12 - while there's a metamorphosis in the priesthood, there's a metamorphosis in the regulation besides. because of the fact we've a clean Priest and a clean sacrifice, we easily have a clean day of worship, that's Sunday. Rev a million:10 - John extremely factors out that he witnesses the heavenly Eucharistic liturgy on Sunday, the Lord's day, the hot day of relax in Christ. Matt. sixteen:19; 18:18 - notwithstanding the Church binds in the international is constrained in heaven. because of the fact the resurrection, Mass has been exceptionally celebrated on Sunday.

Answer 7

Mass is the central act of worship in the Catholic faith. It is regarded as a mystical union with the sacrifice of Christ on the cross, in obedience to Christ's command at the Last Supper, "This is my body...Do this in remembrance of me." Catholics believe the Mass unites them with the redemptive event and enables them to be nourished with the actual body and blood of Christ under the appearances of bread and wine, in order to fulfill another Christian mandate: "Eat my body...drink my blood."

The word "Mass" comes from the Latin "missa" which means a "sending". (We get the words "dismiss" and "mission" from it.) In the Latin, the final greeting of the Mass is, "Ite, missa est." (literally "Go, the sending is.") The Mass is preparation for a sending forth of the Christian community into the world.

Answer 8

A mass is a muscial setting of certain parts of the service as the Kyrie eleison, Gloria, Credo etc. Perhaps a Catholic can explain this.

Answer 9

MASS actually comes from a Latin word MISSA. The English just jumbled up the word to their liking

Answer 10

Midweek Mass at any Catholic Church takes about twenty/thirty minutes. It would take longer than that to explain it on this forum. Call in and have a look for yourself..............