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0:16Well, thank you again everybody for
0:18joining us. I'm Father Chris Alar from
0:21the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy
0:23in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
0:26It is an honor to be back here in
0:28Westlake. I was here a few years ago. I
0:31know Father Mike Gaitley, Father Don
0:32Calloway, and others have been here. So,
0:34this is an honor for me to be back. Now,
0:38what are we talking about today? We are
0:40talking about the Catholic Mass.
0:44And in the Catholic Mass
0:46we have everything.
0:49Everything. People say, "Well, Father,
0:51I'm not going to Mass because I don't
0:53get anything out of it."
0:55You can't get anything more out of the
0:59Mass. People say, "Well, Father, and I
1:01have friends and family, one of my my
1:04own relatives go into these
1:05non-denominational churches because
1:08the pastor rides unicycle and juggles."
1:13The Mass is not about your
1:15entertainment.
1:17The Mass is about worship.
1:20And what's important about worship
1:24is it's actually a virtue.
1:26To get to heaven, we need to grow in
1:28virtue.
1:29Religion falls under the virtue of
1:33justice.
1:35Why?
1:36Because justice is not eye for an eye,
1:39tooth for a tooth.
1:40Justice is giving someone their due.
1:45And what God is due is our worship.
1:50And so, when we go to Mass we're giving
1:53God his due.
1:55He's due worship. We come to Mass to
1:58give it. And this is why religion falls
2:03under the virtue of justice. And this is
2:06important and people will "Oh, Father,
2:09I'm not religious. I'm spiritual." Y'all
2:13heard that, right? Well, remember say to
2:16them in return, "Really?
2:18You're not into organized religion?"
2:22"No. No, I'm not." That's too bad
2:26because Jesus organized religion.
2:32Jesus organized religion. He established
2:36the college of bishops. He ordained the
2:38first bishops in the apostles. Gave them
2:41the authority to forgive sin and to
2:43ordain the next priest. There's
2:45apostolic installed apostolic
2:47succession. He established the throne of
2:51the papacy and put Peter upon that
2:53throne. Gave us the magisterium.
2:57Established the church. Gave us the
2:59sacraments.
3:01And yet you're not into organized
3:03religion.
3:04Jesus was into organized religion. This
3:08Mass
3:09from start to finish is biblical.
3:13Do you know there is more scripture in
3:15one Catholic weekday Mass than any
3:19Sunday Protestant service, period?
3:24More. And this is what we're going to
3:26talk about today. All right.
3:29"Where two or three are gathered
3:31together in my name, I am there in their
3:34midst."
3:35The words of Jesus.
3:37We have a lot more. We have over 700
3:40registered today.
3:41We have a lot more people than two or
3:44three.
3:45And we are gathered in his name. So, the
3:48Mass is an encounter between God and man
3:51but not just in prayer.
3:54Word,
3:56gestures, symbols, they are all used to
4:00result in grace.
4:02Why?
4:03Because we are not just spirits.
4:06You go to these other worship services,
4:09they don't engage the body.
4:11"Oh, you Catholics, you're just about
4:13stand, sit, kneel."
4:16There's a purpose for that. Because
4:18we're not just spirit. We are body and
4:22spirit. We are a composite. This is
4:25important. We engage not just our spirit
4:28in prayer but our body. Now, let's talk
4:30about stand, sit, kneel.
4:33First of all, why do we stand?
4:36We stand because standing in the Mass is
4:39a sign of respect. This is very
4:41important. Why do we kneel?
4:43We kneel in humility.
4:46Make ourselves small. God is big.
4:50So, we kneel.
4:51What about sit?
4:54We sit in receptive position. Why are
4:58you all sitting right now?
5:00Because you're receiving this message.
5:03So, there's a reason we do this. All
5:05right. What about genuflection, you
5:07crazy Catholics?
5:09You know, I'm so used to genuflecting I
5:10was in the Mormon Tabernacle choir the
5:14other day cuz I was doing a talk in Salt
5:16Lake City and I went in and I
5:17automatically genuflected.
5:20I'm like, "No, you're not supposed to do
5:22that."
5:23Now, why do we genuflect?
5:26Because genuflection is a sign of
5:28adoration.
5:30Now, when do you genuflect?
5:34Can anybody tell me when you genuflect?
5:37All right. When you cross in front of
5:40the Blessed Sacrament. Right?
5:43Now, what if you're walking before the
5:45altar? Do you genuflect?
5:47No.
5:50You do a bow in reverence.
5:52When you walk in front of a crucifix, do
5:55you genuflect?
5:58If it's Good Friday.
6:01You genuflect before the crucifix on
6:04Good Friday.
6:06So, you see we have a reason here.
6:08Otherwise, the same thing we do a bow to
6:10show reverence in honor. What about the
6:13names of Jesus and Mary?
6:16If you see a priest and he's reading
6:18from the scriptures, a good priest does
6:19what?
6:20At the name of Jesus or Mary, he does
6:23a slight head bow. This is why it's so
6:26important not to use their names in
6:28vain.
6:29The name of God is so holy that the the
6:31Israelites, the the Jews didn't even say
6:33it, let alone irreverently. All right.
6:37What about singing?
6:39Is singing
6:41something I don't like singing, Father,
6:43I'm no good at it. Well, okay.
6:45Singing unites
6:47your personal prayer with the communal
6:50prayer. It's very important. Do you know
6:52Jesus sang on his way to the Passion?
6:55Jesus did.
6:57That'd be pretty hard, wouldn't it?
7:00Think amazing how our Lord was to sing
7:02on his way to his Passion.
7:04What about um
7:06the rest of the Mass? You are coming to
7:08participate.
7:10Singing's a good way to do this.
7:12Now, it doesn't mean it has to be in
7:14tune.
7:16All right.
7:17If God didn't give you a good voice,
7:20give it back to him.
7:25I do that all the time.
7:27I do it all the time.
7:32But when we sing, we unite with the
7:34heavenly choir. This is important. Now,
7:38what about the flip side? Silence.
7:41What about silence? Silence can mean
7:44more than words. Silence is very
7:46important. It gets us prepared, right?
7:49But words are powerful, so is silence.
7:52In fact, what are the most important
7:54words St. Joseph ever spoke in
7:55scripture?
7:57Nothing.
8:00Father Don Calloway has that book out
8:02right now, Consecration to St. Joseph.
8:03We can't keep it in stock
8:06because St. Joseph is such a powerful
8:08tool, especially against the evil one.
8:11But he never spoke a word. Maybe not
8:14ever, but in scripture.
8:16In scripture. A lot of ladies are
8:18saying, "Now, that's the ultimate
8:19husband."
8:21All right. All right.
8:24So, the Mass is all of this.
8:27This is the Mass. Now,
8:31the very nature of the Mass
8:34is sacrificial.
8:36But here's what's important.
8:38Not until the 1500s
8:42did the Protestants begin to reject the
8:45idea of a sacrificial Mass
8:49and they replaced it
8:51with ceremonies focused just on prayer
8:54and song.
8:56When you lose the sacrificial meaning of
8:59the Mass you've lost something
9:02important.
9:04Now,
9:05I want to address this thing going on in
9:07the church between modernists and
9:09traditionalists. Do you know what I
9:10mean?
9:11The modernists, post-Vatican II, "Oh,
9:14don't give me that Latin Mass stuff."
9:16And then you got the traditionalists,
9:18pre-Vatican II, that are all about
9:21saying
9:22the new Mass is invalid.
9:26You're both wrong
9:29but you both have a point.
9:31I was just given a missal before I came
9:33up here. I was going to start to do this
9:35talk, but it was the 1962 missal.
9:39I can't do my talk that I want to do
9:40from the 62 missal, but does that mean
9:42it's not a good missal? No.
9:46It's very important that we realize
9:47there are two forms of the Mass, the
9:49extraordinary form and the ordinary
9:52form.
9:53The extraordinary form or the Tridentine
9:55Mass or or the Latin Mass it is just as
9:58valid. We are allowed to celebrate it.
10:01But those who are are focused on the
10:03Novus Ordo Mass should not criticize the
10:06traditional form and vice versa.
10:09The traditionalist should not criticize
10:11the new form of the Mass, the Novus
10:12Ordo. Both are valid, filled with
10:15infinite grace. Now, here's what's
10:18important to remember.
10:20Traditionalists,
10:22God bless you.
10:24But I've met a lot of you and you've
10:26said to me,
10:27"Father, people in the 1500s
10:30would not recognize the Mass today."
10:34Ugh.
10:38Is that true?
10:39Would people in the 1500s not recognize
10:43our Mass today?
10:46Yes.
10:47It's very true because it's very
10:49different. But here's what they fail to
10:51see.
10:52While the people in the 1500s might not
10:55recognize our Mass today,
10:57the people in the 700s would.
11:01This Mass that we celebrate today is
11:03actually, even in a way, more ancient
11:07than the Tridentine Extraordinary Form
11:09Mass.
11:11We went back to the ancient
11:12Sacramentary.
11:13Some of the prayers that are pulled out.
11:16People from the 700s would recognize
11:18what we do today because it's going back
11:20to the Mass being a sacrifice and a
11:23meal.
11:25You see, the problem is the Tridentine
11:27Mass was not the first form of the Mass.
11:30People keep thinking that that was the
11:31first form of the Mass. No, it wasn't.
11:34No, it wasn't. The Ordinary Form is
11:36actually more traditional.
11:39But does that mean that the the
11:41Extraordinary Form isn't good? Of course
11:42not. It's wonderful and I think it is
11:44very reverent.
11:46I hope to learn to celebrate it someday.
11:49So, we can't criticize either form.
11:53You see, the traditional form of the
11:55Mass is beautiful, but even before that,
11:58we had the Mass similar to the way that
11:59we have it today.
12:02The problem is throughout history, we
12:04either swayed on one side or the other.
12:07Back when Christ set up the Mass, it was
12:08both a sacrifice and a meal.
12:11It was both.
12:13Now, as time went on, it became just a
12:16meal.
12:18Then the traditionalists got upset and
12:20in the Tridentine form, they brought
12:21back just the sacrifice.
12:23But now we're trying to get back to it's
12:25also a meal. So, we constantly have to
12:27realize that it's both.
12:30This is important. All right.
12:32Now, let's start with the Mass now. I'm
12:35going to walk you through this.
12:37When does the Mass begin?
12:42The procession? Good. No.
12:46When does the Mass begin?
12:48Name of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit?
12:50Good. No.
12:53When does the Mass begin?
12:57The
12:58introductory right? Good. No.
13:02When we stand? Good. If you're talking
13:04about at home getting ready to come
13:06here.
13:08The Mass begins in your heart.
13:11Aw.
13:14The Mass begins in your heart. You have
13:18to open your heart to receive this grace
13:21given by God.
13:23This is what people don't realize. I
13:25remember as a kid riding to to church
13:27and my dad and mom would be arguing.
13:30Then I remember my dad's a tough Marine,
13:32Vietnam Marine, flew helicopters out of
13:34Da Nang.
13:35And I remember one time
13:37getting to Mass, he gets in a fight with
13:39a guy in the parking lot.
13:42It's like, come on, we're missing the
13:43point here.
13:45All right. Now, once we get to Mass, we
13:48begin with the very first part of the
13:49Mass. The very first part of the Mass is
13:52called the introductory right.
13:54This is the first part of the Mass. Now,
13:57in it, we do either an opening song or
14:01an entrance antiphon.
14:03Right? Now, singing, as I said, brings
14:06us unity as community with one voice.
14:11Now,
14:13I remember when I was in
14:15the seminary,
14:16Father Larry, God bless his soul,
14:19said to me after one day I led the
14:21singing, he said, "You know, Brother
14:23Chris,
14:24you really shouldn't sing."
14:28And I said, "Father Larry,
14:31Augustine says to sing is to pray
14:34twice."
14:37And Father Larry says, "Brother Chris,
14:40Saint Augustine said to sing well is to
14:43pray twice."
14:47And so,
14:50I said, "Okay, Father Larry, but I go
14:52back to that if God didn't give you a
14:54good voice, give it back to him." We
14:56should still try our best to sing. Okay.
14:59So, with the song, the priest and the
15:01and the other members of the Mass, the
15:03clergy or or anybody who's involved in
15:05the Mass, the lectors sometimes, come
15:07forward. The priest comes up forward and
15:10he does what is the first thing the
15:12priest does up here?
15:15Venerates the altar. Why do we do that?
15:19The table, excuse me. This altar
15:23is both a table
15:25and a cross.
15:28Meaning, it's a table for a meal by
15:31which we will gather around as a family
15:34and it is an altar that is a cross for
15:38sacrifice. So, this altar is both a
15:41table for a meal and a cross for a
15:43sacrifice.
15:45Both are in this Mass. Now, what's the
15:48first thing the priest does?
15:52In the name of the Father, and of the
15:55Son, and of the Holy Spirit. This comes
15:58after the opening song or the entrance
16:00antiphon. Now,
16:02we as Catholics are always criticized.
16:04"Oh, Father, Son, Holy Spirit." And I
16:06see people come in the church, I'll tell
16:07them, "In the Father, Son, Holy Spirit."
16:09I begin the Mass, "In the name of the
16:10Father, Son, Holy Spirit."
16:12Do you realize what you're doing?
16:15We sign ourselves because we're body and
16:18spirit.
16:20And when we do this, in the name of the
16:23Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
16:25Spirit,
16:26we name God as the reason we are here.
16:31We are naming him as the reason we are
16:33here. Now,
16:35we also
16:37do something in this gesture. Do we have
16:40any cowboys here? We're in Texas.
16:43Do we have any cowboys?
16:45What do cowboys do with their cattle?
16:50They brand them.
16:52Why do they brand them?
16:55So that they have a mark. I belong to
16:58this rancher.
17:00When you do this, in the name of the
17:02Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
17:04Spirit, we are marking ourselves like
17:07branding
17:08to show that we belong to God.
17:13We are marking our soul. We belong to
17:15God.
17:17This is to show who we belong to.
17:20Holy water.
17:22Do you not put your finger in the holy
17:24water before you do that?
17:25You do that because it reminds us of our
17:27baptism. We become one with Christ for
17:31this celebration.
17:33So, we baptize ourselves in a way or
17:35holy water like baptism. Now, after I
17:38say the name of the Father, Son, Holy
17:40Spirit, what do you say?
17:42Amen.
17:44What does that mean?
17:46I believe.
17:48So, you are saying I believe. The priest
17:51leads in prayer, but he's not praying
17:53without you.
17:55You are praying with him. The amen makes
17:57it your prayer, too.
17:59Now, what happens next is the greeting.
18:03The priest hands up in the traditional
18:05Jewish form of prayer,
18:07says, "The Lord be with you."
18:10And that means that we're establishing
18:12that God is present. He is here.
18:15So, I say, "The Lord be with you." I'm
18:18saying the Lord is here. He's in your
18:20presence. And what do you say?
18:24"And with your spirit." Just something
18:26the church made up, right? No,
18:28scriptural. This is from 2 Timothy 4:22.
18:32"The Lord be with your spirit."
18:35Everything in this Mass is scriptural.
18:38Everything. Yes, he is here and I
18:40acknowledge it. God is here.
18:43You don't know all this is going on.
18:45All right. We say the same thing, "The
18:48Lord be with you." "And with your
18:50spirit." in all the parts of the Mass.
18:53And we'll get to them as we go along.
18:55All the parts of the Mass, this is
18:57repeated. That's how important it is.
19:00Now,
19:01after this, the priest moves on to what
19:04part of the Mass?
19:08Penitential right.
19:10Very important. Why?
19:13Okay.
19:15When you go to confession,
19:18do you have to confess every single sin
19:21you can remember?
19:23No.
19:29Why?
19:31Let me finish.
19:33There's a couple reasons. First of all,
19:36if you really did do that, you'd be in
19:38the confessional all day long.
19:42Secondly, the church teaches we are
19:44required to confess all grave sins that
19:48we can remember.
19:50All grave sins that we can remember.
19:53Does that mean you shouldn't confess the
19:54little venial sins? No, it's a good
19:57habit. But should you kill yourself if
19:59you are saying I gosh, I forgot one?
20:02Call me at 2:00 in the morning to wake
20:04me up so that I can hear your confession
20:06because you forgot to confess you ate
20:08the last piece of pizza.
20:10Okay? No. The reason we don't but it's a
20:14good habit if you want to, that's fine.
20:16I'm not discouraging it.
20:17But the reason is why? Where are your
20:20venial sins forgiven?
20:23In the mass.
20:25In the penitential right. So if you've
20:27been to confession for your grave sins
20:30and then you come to mass and you make
20:31it before the penitential right
20:34your sins are completely forgiven and
20:37you are spotless from head to toe. You
20:40are completely cleansed.
20:42This is why Martin Luther left the
20:43church. He was a Catholic priest. He
20:46didn't leave the church because people
20:47always say we sold indulgences. Martin
20:49Luther left the church because he
20:51couldn't belong to a religion that said
20:53if he didn't confess every single sin he
20:55was going to hell because he wasn't
20:56forgiven. That's not what the church
20:58teaches. If you honestly forget a sin
21:01you are forgiven and even your venial
21:03sins if you don't confess are forgiven
21:05in the mass.
21:06Confession of grave sins is mandatory.
21:09All right. So
21:11this is very important. Now in the
21:13penitential right it's not to remind God
21:16of our sins, he already knows them
21:19but for us to see our need for his
21:21mercy.
21:23Right? Now
21:25in it we have what? There are many
21:27examples of the penitential right. The
21:30examples of the confiteor.
21:33We have very many examples but let's do
21:35the confiteor. What is the confiteor? If
21:37this is what the priest chooses to pray.
21:40The priest prays I confess to almighty
21:43God and to you my brothers and sisters
21:46or we could say Lord you have come to
21:48heal the contrite of heart. Lord have
21:50mercy. Christ have mercy. This is
21:53important. Now
21:54in it
21:55if the priest prays the confiteor
21:58after that he finishes may almighty God
22:00have mercy on us, forgive us our sins
22:03and bring us to everlasting life.
22:06Do you do this?
22:08No.
22:11You do not make the sign of the cross
22:13after the end of the confiteor because
22:15that is the sign of absolution in the
22:18sacrament. You are receiving absolution
22:22not in the sacramental sense. So you
22:24don't make the sign of the cross at that
22:26point. You just simply say amen. Your
22:29venial sins are forgiven but it's not
22:31sacramental absolution. So the
22:34penitential right ends with an
22:36absolution of venial sin in a sense but
22:39not sacramental. You still have to go to
22:41confession especially for grave sins.
22:43Now
22:45there is
22:46a couple other things. If I didn't do
22:48the confiteor but I did you've come to
22:51sent to heal the contrite of heart, Lord
22:52have mercy you say Christ have mercy.
22:55Where does this come from?
22:58Again scriptural.
23:00Lord have mercy. We say it all the time.
23:03Where does that come from?
23:05Tobit 8:4. Let us pray that the Lord may
23:08have mercy upon us. You say Christ have
23:12mercy. Where does that come from? Jude
23:151:21. Wait for the mercy of our Lord
23:19Jesus Christ attain to eternal life.
23:23And then I say Lord have mercy again. I
23:25could go back to any scripture passage
23:27Matthew 20:31. Lord have mercy on us son
23:30of David.
23:32This is all scriptural. All right. Now
23:34if it's a Sunday mass what happens next?
23:39Come on Catholics.
23:42Gloria.
23:43The Gloria. Why is this important? The
23:46angels sung this at the birth of Jesus.
23:49Not only that it's scriptural. This song
23:52gives praise to the entire Trinity. The
23:56Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
23:59Now the Gloria which is a very important
24:03prayer
24:05and I have it right here in the missile.
24:08The Gloria let's go through this for a
24:10minute. I I you know I probably don't
24:11have time to do all of it. Let me just
24:12give you an example. How does it start?
24:15Glory to God in the highest and on earth
24:18peace to people of good will. Where does
24:21that come from? Oh the Catholic church
24:23just made it up. No.
24:26Luke 2:14.
24:28This is from the Bible. Glory to God in
24:30the highest and on earth peace among men
24:32with whom he is pleased.
24:36All right. Now after the collect if it's
24:39a Sunday mass or now if it's a if it's a
24:41Sunday mass we pray the collect I'm
24:42sorry the Gloria.
24:44What comes next? I just gave it away.
24:46The collect. Or the opening prayer. Now
24:51today's a Saturday so if I'm going to
24:53the 6th Sunday of ordinary time the
24:55collect the priest raises his hand and
24:57says oh God who teach us that you abide
24:59in the hearts that are just and true
25:01grant that we may be so fashioned by
25:03your grace as to become a dwelling
25:06pleasing to you through Christ our Lord
25:08and we say that whole prayer.
25:10This is important because in the collect
25:14we have
25:16we collect ourselves.
25:18We get ourselves ready for this mass.
25:21And then how does he open up before the
25:24collect? Let us pray.
25:26So it's specific that collect is
25:28specific to the particular day of the
25:31liturgical year. All right. Now
25:35now we begin the first of the two major
25:37parts of the mass.
25:39What are the two major parts of the
25:41mass?
25:43Liturgy of the
25:45word and liturgy of the Eucharist. All
25:48right. Let's try to do liturgy of the
25:49word and then we'll take our break and
25:51I'll finish liturgy of the Eucharist at
25:53the second talk. All right.
25:55Liturgy of the word
25:57consists of how many readings?
26:00I heard two. No. I heard three. No.
26:05Four.
26:08If it's a Sunday mass four readings from
26:11scripture. What are they?
26:14The first is typically from the Old
26:16Testament.
26:18The second
26:20is a psalm.
26:22The Psalms.
26:24The third is a reading normally from the
26:28epistles. What is an epistle?
26:31I asked my seventh grade catechism class
26:34what is an epistle
26:36and the one boy said a baby apostle.
26:41No, an epistle is not a baby apostle.
26:46Epistle is one of the letters.
26:48All right. So the third reading is one
26:52of the usually from one of the epistles
26:53but doesn't have to be and finally the
26:55fourth reading is what?
26:57The gospel. All right.
27:00Then before we read the gospel we have
27:03something called the gospel acclamation.
27:06This is where I try to sing the
27:09alleluia.
27:11It's important because we acclaim God to
27:15the world. We sing the alleluia and then
27:17we rise. Why do we rise?
27:21Again because the alleluia is a joyful
27:25word and we're standing to praise and
27:28honor God. All right. Now we don't use
27:32it though in Lent. Why? Because it is a
27:35time of penance not joy.
27:38Alleluia is a joyful hymn. Now this sets
27:42the tone for the gospel and gives the
27:45theme for the gospel. Usually a little
27:47short reading, right? And this is
27:49important but as I said we rise because
27:52we are now hearing the words of Jesus
27:55himself.
27:58Okay, this is important. When an
28:00important person comes in the room
28:03we rise. It's a sign of respect.
28:06Remember the days when gentlemen would
28:08always stand up when a lady entered the
28:10room?
28:11We've lost that.
28:14I notice that now and I'm guilty of it
28:16myself sometimes.
28:18It's it's it's not good. We should
28:20always do that.
28:22Jesus is even now more present because
28:25we are hearing his own words. He is now
28:28in the room.
28:30All right.
28:31Jesus when we open the mass notice the
28:34progression here.
28:36When we began the mass I said the Lord
28:39be with you. You said with your spirit
28:41and I said in the name of Father, Son,
28:42Holy Spirit. We're acknowledging that
28:44first Christ is here present in spirit.
28:47That's what began the mass.
28:49So we open up the mass Christ is with us
28:51in spirit. Now we get to the liturgy of
28:54the word. Now Christ is with us as the
28:58word.
28:59And soon he's going to be with us in
29:02actual body and blood.
29:06Okay? So you can see as the mass moves
29:09along what is happening. Why do we call
29:11Jesus the living word? Why is Jesus
29:14called the word? You ever watch EWTN?
29:17The Eternal Word Television Network,
29:20right? Why do we call him the word?
29:24Because in the beginning it says when
29:26God the Father spoke in the beginning
29:28was the word and the word was made
29:31flesh. All right.
29:33I'm going to give you a whole year of
29:35seminary
29:37in 1 minute.
29:39The Trinity.
29:42The Trinity.
29:43Not easy to understand but really not
29:46that hard.
29:47If you want to know what the Trinity is,
29:49kind of honestly think of yourself for a
29:52minute.
29:54When God the Father thinks,
29:59he speaks.
30:01When you think,
30:03you speak. Now, don't be like me and
30:06speak before you think.
30:10When God the Father thinks,
30:13he speaks. When the Father, think of
30:15yourself.
30:17God the Father
30:19speaks.
30:21What comes out is part of you. The word.
30:26It's who you are.
30:28It's what is on your mind and in your
30:29heart comes out your words.
30:32So, when God the Father speaks, what
30:35comes forth is the word, the Son.
30:38Now, in order to have the word, you
30:41can't have any word without what?
30:44A breath.
30:45A breath is the Holy Spirit.
30:49So, all of that is me. My thoughts
30:52become my words and my words become
30:54possible with the power of my breath.
30:58God the Father is the origin.
31:02When he speaks,
31:03the word is the Son. It becomes
31:06manifest.
31:07This is what we have now in the mass.
31:09We're ready to enter into the liturgy of
31:11the word and Christ becomes present to
31:13us in the word. But, the word doesn't
31:15happen without the power of the breath.
31:18That is the Holy Spirit. So, this is
31:21very important. Now,
31:24in this mass now as we proceed,
31:27who reads the Gospel?
31:30All right, the priest. What if there is
31:33a bishop, a priest,
31:35and who reads the Gospel first?
31:38The bishop. Now, what if there's a
31:40priest and a deacon? Who reads the Who
31:43reads the the Gospel first?
31:46The deacon.
31:48Now, what if there's two priests and one
31:50is the main celebrant? Is he the one who
31:52reads the Gospel?
31:54No, it's the concelebrating priest.
31:57So, the celebrant or the deacon will
31:59read the Gospel before the celebrant.
32:03All right. Now, if it's a deacon, he
32:06will become to the priest and receive
32:07his blessing.
32:09Why? Because what the priest says is,
32:11"May the Lord be in your heart and on
32:12your lips that you may proclaim his
32:14Gospel worthily and well." You don't
32:16hear that.
32:17That's what the priest is saying as he's
32:20blessing the deacon.
32:21Now, if it's a priest, he goes straight.
32:24But, do you notice that before he goes
32:26to the ambo, does he not bow at the
32:28altar?
32:29And what he is saying is, "Cleanse my
32:31heart and my lips, almighty God, that I
32:33may worthily proclaim your holy Gospel."
32:37You see this is going on. Then, he goes
32:38to the ambo and he professes the Gospel.
32:41But, how does he start?
32:44The Lord be with you.
32:47Because now we're introducing the Lord
32:49in a newer way. He's now present in the
32:51word. Before when you the priest said,
32:53"Lord be with you," he was talking in
32:54spirit. Now, the priest goes and
32:56forward. Why does he say it again? The
32:58Lord be with you because now the Lord is
33:00present in the word.
33:01And you say, "And with your spirit." And
33:04then he says, "A reading from the holy
33:05Gospel according to John." And what do
33:07you say?
33:09Glory to you, oh Lord. So, you are
33:12acknowledging this. Now,
33:15do you make a another sign of the cross?
33:18Where?
33:20Forehead, the lips, and the heart,
33:22right? The forehead, lips, and the
33:24heart. This is where God should be. In
33:26your mind, on your lips, and in your
33:29heart. We open our minds to hear God's
33:32word and we plan to share it with others
33:35by speaking with our lips and we declare
33:37we believe in Jesus with all our hearts.
33:41Very important. At the end of the
33:43reading of the Gospel, you say, "Praise
33:46to I say the word of the Lord." And you
33:47say,
33:49"Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ."
33:52Then, you will see the priest bow down
33:55and kiss the book. This is the missal,
33:56but if it was the the lectionary,
33:59and when he does that, he says, "Through
34:01the words of the holy Gospel, may our
34:05sins be wiped away."
34:08You don't think you're participating in
34:09this? Oh, I'm tired, looking at my
34:12watch.
34:14Do you realize what's going on?
34:16The priest or the deacon just basically
34:18asked, "Through the words of the Gospel,
34:20may our sins be wiped away."
34:23This is powerful stuff.
34:25This is grace going on that you don't
34:26even know about. Then, what comes next?
34:31A homily.
34:33And on the reading, why do we do a
34:35homily?
34:37Oh, because it sounds good. It makes it
34:39break up things in the mass.
34:41No, it's scriptural. Second Timothy 4,
34:45verse 1 and 2.
34:46I charge you in the presence of God and
34:49of Christ Jesus, preach the word.
34:53Be urgent in season and out of season.
34:55Convince, rebuke,
34:59and
35:00the exhort be unfailing in patience and
35:03in teaching.
35:05I like that, rebuke.
35:07Because, you know, we don't have enough
35:08priests today
35:10teaching the truth.
35:12You know, I go to the I belong at the or
35:14I I live and work at the shrine of
35:17National Shrine of Divine Mercy in
35:18Stockbridge, Massachusetts. And I tell
35:20the people there every day how grateful
35:22I am that I am there. Because I
35:24regularly preach on the five
35:26non-negotiables.
35:28Does anybody know what the five
35:29non-negotiables of our Catholic faith
35:31are?
35:32The five non-negotiables of our Catholic
35:34faith are things that you must hold to.
35:37There are no negotiations.
35:39They are abortion,
35:41euthanasia,
35:43embryonic stem cell research, human
35:45cloning, and gay marriage. Now, I add to
35:48that contraception.
35:50So, you will hear me all the time preach
35:52against these things.
35:54They're intrinsically evil and there is
35:55no negotiation. Period. That's the
35:58teaching of our faith.
36:00But yet, there are so many priests who
36:02don't. And I know I'm going to get in
36:04trouble someday.
36:05I know that one day it's coming. It's
36:08coming from Canada. I tried to get into
36:10Canada the other uh wasn't that long
36:12ago, but it was a while ago.
36:14And they wanted to know why I was there.
36:16Said, "I'm the keynote speaker."
36:18In Ottawa. And they said, "Of what?"
36:21And I said, "Well, I'm a Catholic
36:22priest." The They called in the head of
36:24their version of Homeland Security.
36:26Asked me what I was talking on. I said,
36:28"Well, I don't understand." He said,
36:30"Well, give us your notes."
36:32I said, "Well, you're going to have to
36:33come to the talk because I don't use
36:35notes."
36:37I do on this particular talk, but this
36:38wasn't the talk I was given.
36:40All my other talks I don't use notes.
36:43This is really getting scary. He said,
36:44"Well, we have laws in Canada and it's
36:46my job to enforce them and that you
36:48don't break them."
36:50Really?
36:51Teaching the truth is breaking the law.
36:55And so, we have to understand that it's
36:56coming to America.
36:58I have this feeling that you one day
37:00you're all going to look read the
37:02newspaper one day and you're going to
37:03see my picture is going to say, "Priest
37:04is put in prison."
37:06So, all I ask you is come visit me.
37:10I love your culture. You guys love to
37:12eat. Bring me food, okay?
37:15That's all I ask. Bring me food. Cuz
37:19because
37:20if
37:21if I'm going to go to jail, at least
37:23feed me. I'll I'll I'll I'll do whatever
37:26else I can, but I think the time is
37:28coming. All right, so let's get back to
37:30this. Why does a priest give a homily?
37:32He needs to teach the truth. But, here's
37:35what we have to remember. The homily is
37:37only be done by clergy, like deacons,
37:39priests, or bishops. It's not to be done
37:42by anybody else. Now, is a Is a homily
37:45mandatory?
37:46Does a priest have to give a homily?
37:50Yes, if it's Sunday.
37:53Yes, if it's Sunday. Is there any time
37:54limit?
37:56No.
37:57One of our priests, Father Michael Clay,
37:59God bless him. But, he forgot it was his
38:01turn and he had to do a homily and he
38:02gets up there. He had no homily
38:03prepared. And he just looked at
38:05everybody and he goes,
38:07"Fire."
38:10And he sat down. That was his homily.
38:14Some of you probably would like the
38:15homily like that.
38:17But, in a weekday mass, the priest does
38:20not have to give a homily. It's a good
38:22idea, but he doesn't have to. But, it's
38:24mandatory on Sundays. Now, what's the
38:25difference between a sermon and a
38:27homily?
38:28You hear a non-Catholic brother say,
38:29"Oh, it was a great sermon."
38:31We Catholics give homilies. Protestants
38:34give sermons. What's the difference?
38:36All right.
38:37A homily refers to a specific reading
38:40and applies it to daily life. Like, I'll
38:42read about the Annunciation or about
38:45Mary's Visitation.
38:47And I will preach on that particular
38:49Gospel passage. A sermon is different. A
38:53sermon is a particular topic and it will
38:55pull from multiple scriptures to be able
38:58to talk about that topic. Like, maybe
39:01growing in
39:03virtue, then a sermon will be pulling a
39:05multiple passages from scripture about
39:08that, whereas a homily is reading a
39:10particular passage and then talking
39:12about the passage. Not a huge
39:14difference,
39:15but that is what it is. Now, after the
39:17homily comes what?
39:20Silence.
39:21Silence. All right. So, this is
39:24important. Now,
39:26if it's Sunday, what is the next thing
39:29that comes in the
39:31part of the mass?
39:34The Creed. Very good. Or the
39:36for that, profession of faith.
39:40This is a statement
39:42of the Apostles
39:44faith.
39:46You just rattle through it not even
39:48thinking of the words. Do you realize
39:50what you're saying?
39:52You are stating the faith of the
39:55Apostles.
39:57This is what's in the Creed. The Creed
40:00leads us to an act of faith in the Holy
40:02Trinity and what each of those members
40:05of the Trinity does for us. Let's look
40:07at just a couple examples. I'm running
40:08out of time and I don't have time to do
40:10it all. All right.
40:11The priest and the people say, "I
40:12believe in one God, the Father Almighty,
40:15maker of heaven and earth."
40:17You know that comes from Genesis 14:19.
40:20God most high, maker of heaven and
40:22earth.
40:23Then of all things visible and
40:25invisible.
40:27Never heard that before? Well, open your
40:28Bible, Colossians 1:16. For in him all
40:31things were created in heaven and on
40:33earth, visible and invisible.
40:36I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the
40:38only begotten Son of God. That comes
40:40right from Luke 1:35. Therefore, the
40:43child to be born will be called holy,
40:45thus Son of God.
40:48Begotten not made, consubstantial with
40:50the Father.
40:52What does that mean?
40:54Turn to John.
40:56First chapter 10 verse 30. I and the
40:58Father are one.
41:00That's what consubstantial means. Of one
41:03substance. The Father and the Son and
41:06the Holy Spirit are one.
41:08He will come again in glory to judge the
41:10living and the dead.
41:12That comes from 2 Timothy 4:1. I charge
41:15you in the presence of God and of Christ
41:17Jesus, who is to judge the living and
41:20the dead.
41:21I believe in one holy Catholic and
41:23Apostolic Church.
41:25Now notice Catholics with a small c.
41:29Not a big c.
41:31Capital c means our Catholic faith.
41:34But that comes from the word Catholic,
41:35small c. What does that mean?
41:37Universal.
41:39This comes from Romans 12:5. So we,
41:43though many, are one body in Christ and
41:46individual members of one another.
41:50That's what that means. So this whole
41:52thing goes on and on. I can't explain
41:54the whole Creed, but you get the point.
41:56This is powerful stuff. All right, the
41:59Creed concludes with our belief in the
42:01resurrection
42:03from the dead and eternal life in
42:06heaven. This is the basis of our faith.
42:08We must pray this prayer because we
42:11can't know this on our own. It must be
42:13revealed to us.
42:15This is important. All right. Now, what
42:19comes after the Creed?
42:21If it's a Sunday Mass.
42:25Petitions or intercessions
42:28or universal prayer or prayers of the
42:31faithful.
42:32Okay. Now, these intercessions are
42:35important. First of all, why do we do
42:37them?
42:38Again, scripture. Philippians 1:3 and 4.
42:43I thank God in all my remembrance of you
42:46always in every prayer of mine for you.
42:51All making my prayer with joy.
42:54Bible commands us to pray for each
42:56other. This is what we do when we are
42:59gathered in the Mass. When the church is
43:02gathered, we have the responsibility to
43:04pray for each other, to pray for the
43:06whole church. All right, and the world
43:10because we are mystically united. Now,
43:13what is the order? The order is very
43:15important. We pray for the church, the
43:18world, our government, the sick and
43:21suffering, specific needs, then the
43:24deceased.
43:25And you know what's important? Because
43:28I'm not here for a political talk.
43:32But we really need to pray, no matter
43:34how much they frustrate us,
43:36our government.
43:38Because they're still our government
43:40whether we like the particular people or
43:41not. There are some that I have no idea
43:44how they got into the office that they
43:46are.
43:48But I'll give you an example though.
43:50I was at a mission not long ago and I I
43:53made the comment in one of my talks that
43:55I do a Mass every month for President
43:58Trump.
44:00And he was very angry.
44:03This man.
44:04And he came to me afterwards. He said,
44:06"Father,
44:07this man
44:09is so bad." And he rattled off all these
44:12things.
44:13And I said, "Listen, I'm not here to
44:17open up a political discussion.
44:19But what I can tell you is this.
44:22Every month now around the world, forces
44:27of evil, led by the wicked, or actually
44:30witches,
44:32are gathering together
44:34and placing curses on the president.
44:39Now, regardless of what you think of the
44:42president personally,
44:44he's still the president.
44:46He is our leader
44:48and he is in charge and we are the
44:51people.
44:53We are obligated
44:55to pray for our leaders. We are
44:58obligated to pray for them.
45:01So when I pray a prayer or a Mass for
45:03President Trump,
45:06I can't imagine anybody
45:09wishing an evil curse upon anyone else.
45:14Because actually, if that happens, we're
45:16the ones who are going to suffer.
45:18So why would we do this? We must pray.
45:22We must pray for each other. We must
45:25pray for our leaders. This is not a bad
45:28thing. We must leave our feelings to the
45:30side and pray for what is right.
45:34And our prayers can make a difference.
45:37They're making a huge difference. Look
45:39at the pro-life movement today. It's
45:41picking up momentum like we've we've
45:43we've Yeah, like we've never seen.
45:47All right.
45:48Let's just start the next section real
45:50quickly. We just did Liturgy of the
45:52Word. What's the next section of the
45:53Mass?
45:55Liturgy of the
45:57Eucharist. All right. Now we are
46:00building. We are building up. We can
46:03realize that now we are entering into
46:06the highest point of our lives and that
46:10is whenever we attend Mass, working
46:13towards consecration
46:15and receiving of Holy Communion. All
46:18right. Now,
46:20the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The first
46:23thing that begins is the offertory.
46:26You've heard that term and this is where
46:28gifts are brought to the altar.
46:31Why? Oh, the church is just asking for
46:33money.
46:34Right?
46:36No. All right, Matthew 5:23.
46:40So if you are offering your gift at the
46:42altar and there remember that your
46:44brother has something against you, leave
46:47your gift there.
46:50This is what the Bible tells us to do.
46:53Now gifts on behalf of the people
46:56given to the priest
46:58are then given back to the people by the
47:01priest
47:03after they've been transformed.
47:06So you're giving a simple gift, a
47:08natural gift.
47:10The priest is transforming it and giving
47:13back to you a supernatural gift.
47:16This is amazing. Now, we do also give
47:20tithes, right?
47:22Are Catholics required to tithe 10%?
47:27No. But we are required to prayer, fast,
47:31and alms give. So in a way, the tithe is
47:34a requirement, but how much the church
47:36has never established. But we are
47:39required to give back. Now, this is
47:42important. We give tithes because God
47:44supplies
47:45all of us, everything we have, and only
47:50ask for a portion of it back.
47:53So this is understandable. It's not
47:55about the church being greedy.
47:57It's about God being generous.
48:00And you're just giving a little back to
48:02him so that through the church his work
48:05can be done. All right.
48:07There's two purposes for the preparation
48:09of gifts. Now we're talking about the
48:11part of the Mass. Remember where the
48:14collection is made and then the gifts
48:15are processed forward. All right. There
48:17are two purposes. The bread and the wine
48:20is to be offered in sacrifice to God
48:23and to prepare the priest and the people
48:27to sacrifice a self-offering of their
48:31own lives.
48:33This
48:34is incredibly
48:37important.
48:39So hear this again.
48:40The preparation of the gifts has two
48:42purposes. The bread and wine are to be
48:43offered in sacrifice to God
48:46and to prepare the priest and the people
48:49for their offering to God. So you were
48:51offering the bread and the wine to God
48:53the Father that will become the body and
48:55blood of his Son and we're offering the
48:57priest and the people to God
49:01for our offering. So it's both.
49:04This is the time to attach the things in
49:06your heart to that paten that's coming
49:09or that vessel that's coming forward.
49:12Like the gifts, God will transform those
49:16things you give him.
49:18We're giving him bread and wine. He's
49:20about to transform those,
49:23transubstantiation.
49:25But bring him yourself.
49:27He can't transform you if you don't
49:31bring yourself just like the bread and
49:34the wine. Can I transform bread and wine
49:37if it's not brought to me?
49:39No.
49:41God can't transform you if you don't
49:44bring yourself to him in the same way
49:46the bread and the wine is brought to
49:48him.
49:49This is what's going on. Are you
49:50preparing yourself to be transformed?
49:53Or are you smacking on your gum waiting
49:56to see if the Cowboy game is started
49:58yet?
49:59Okay.
50:00This is important. Now,
50:03even the angels
50:05bring their vessels forward.
50:08They even come forward.
50:10And they kneel around the altar. And
50:13they're holding vessels. What's in those
50:16vessels?
50:18We'll tell you when we get to
50:19consecration.
50:21All right. The procession of the gifts
50:23goes back to when people would bring
50:25bread and wine from their own homes.
50:28Now, when they are brought forward, the
50:31altar is prepared. All right. So, the
50:34priest
50:36starts by preparation of the altar.
50:38There's a deacon. The deacon will do it
50:40or sometimes there is somebody serving
50:42like a server at the altar. Now,
50:45it will come. It's the chalice
50:48looking like this with the priest. Now,
50:50you don't pay attention often,
50:52but the top is what we call a corporal.
50:55The corporal is opened up, spread out,
50:58unfolded
51:00on the altar. What's the purpose of the
51:02corporal?
51:05To capture any particles of the host
51:09that may fall so that at the end at the
51:12end of mass they're folded back up
51:14and these particles are not fallen to
51:16the ground.
51:17All right?
51:19The next thing,
51:22the pall, we'll talk about this in a
51:24minute, is set aside.
51:26And then the priest begins
51:29with the paten.
51:31This here is what holds the main host
51:34for the celebration of the Eucharist.
51:37And the priest
51:38holds the paten and he says, "Blessed
51:40are you, Lord God of all creation.
51:43For through your goodness." We know this
51:45prayer, right? And what do you say?
51:48Blessed be God forever. Now,
51:51these words
51:54are the exact words Jesus would have
51:57spoken at the Last Supper.
51:59They are referred to as a Jewish meal
52:02prayer in biblical times. Blessed are
52:05you, Lord God of all creation for
52:07through your goodness, right? We have
52:09this bread to offer you. Fruit of the
52:10earth and work of human hands, it will
52:12become for us
52:14the bread of life.
52:17Okay? This is what Jesus would have
52:21said. This is a Jewish Eucharistic meal
52:24prayer
52:25during the time of the Bible.
52:28How powerful
52:30that we're saying these same words.
52:33Now, after this,
52:36the priest takes the cruets, a cruet of
52:39wine and a cruet of water.
52:42He puts the wine into the chalice and
52:45then he drops a single drop
52:48of water.
52:49Now,
52:50the drop of water into the wine
52:52symbolizes what?
52:56Christ's humanity, the drop of water,
52:59mixed into the cup of his divinity,
53:04the wine.
53:05So, the two are put together, Christ's
53:08humanity and his divinity. Then the
53:11priest says quietly, you don't hear
53:13this,
53:14"But by the mystery of this water and
53:16wine, may we come to share in the
53:18divinity of Christ who humbled himself
53:21to share in our humanity."
53:25So, this is what we are doing in the
53:26mass. Now,
53:28once you put the water into the wine, it
53:31is impossible to ever take it out again.
53:34So, this is Jesus in his humanity can
53:38never be separated from his divinity.
53:42The mixing of the two symbolizes the
53:45unity of the church, the water,
53:48and Jesus, the wine.
53:51Very important. Now,
53:53the priest blesses the wine. Blessed are
53:56you, Lord God of all creation for
53:58through your goodness through your
53:59goodness we have this wine to offer you,
54:02fruit of the vine and work of human
54:04hands. It will become our spiritual
54:07drink. Now, he places it down and what
54:11does he put over it?
54:14All right. The pall.
54:16What is the purpose of the pall?
54:20People think of
54:22funerals, right? Where we lay the pall
54:25over the casket.
54:28Now, we're laying the pall over Christ
54:30who's to give his life, right? But do
54:33you know the real purpose of the pall?
54:36Keep the bugs out.
54:39It actually is.
54:41It's to keep the bugs out. Now, I never
54:43used to pay attention to this
54:46and I never really used a pall. Many
54:47priests don't use pall. Mass is not
54:49invalid or illicit if you don't use a
54:51pall.
54:52But then I was in Minnesota.
54:56And I was with a wonderful priest friend
54:58of mine up there.
55:00And we were celebrating mass. I was the
55:03main celebrant.
55:05And
55:06the priest was behind me
55:08and I poured the precious or the wine,
55:11it's not the precious blood yet. And we
55:13had blessed it.
55:15And I didn't have a pall.
55:19And so after we did the Eucharistic
55:21prayers, we finished consecrating the
55:24wine. Now it is the precious blood of
55:26Christ, right?
55:28And sure enough, on the prairies of
55:31Minnesota,
55:33in flew the giant biggest horsefly
55:39you've ever seen.
55:41And he's circling around over the altar.
55:45I have no pall.
55:48And I'm blessing, I've consecrated. Now
55:50we're saying the Eucharistic prayers, so
55:51my hands are up here. I'm trying to go
55:53like this as I'm saying
55:55saying the prayer.
55:58And sure enough, here comes that
55:59horsefly.
56:04Right into the precious blood.
56:07Now,
56:08are we priests allowed to remove that
56:11horsefly?
56:19I see the horsefly.
56:23It is time to consume the precious
56:25blood.
56:29And I look at Father
56:32and I said, "Father,
56:35it's your parish."
56:42And Father looks at me and he says,
56:44"You're the main celebrant."
56:48And down it went.
56:53We
56:55I now use a pall at every single mass.
57:07I never leave home without it. I even
57:09travel.
57:11I even travel with my pall. All right.
57:14So,
57:15after blessing the cup, and I said we
57:18said the prayer. Now the priest turns
57:20around after he finishes, he bows down
57:23and he says his prayer, "All right, with
57:25humble spirit and contrite heart, we may
57:27may we be accepted by you, O Lord, and
57:31may our sacrifice
57:34not mine, our sacrifice in your sight
57:38this day be pleasing to you, Lord God."
57:41Now, the priest is uniting you with this
57:48Then the priest turns around and does
57:50what? What does he do next?
57:54Washes his hands.
57:56Now, this is important.
58:00What this is is symbolic.
58:03If that priest has any sin on his soul,
58:06maybe he didn't have a chance to go to
58:07confession. He should. He really really
58:10needs to. Some of the saints tell that a
58:13priest celebrating mass
58:15in a state of grave sin opens himself up
58:18for possession.
58:21This is what some of the saints tell us.
58:23And so it's very important. Now, if a
58:25priest doesn't have a chance,
58:28that washing of the hands is very
58:31important.
58:32Because no matter what that priest has
58:34done,
58:35his sins are suspended.
58:39All of his sins are suspended.
58:42So that he can actually confect the
58:45Eucharist.
58:46Now, does that mean he doesn't have to
58:48go to confession?
58:49No. As soon as mass is over, he's got to
58:52go to confession. But the washing of the
58:54hands
58:55suspend those sins so that the priest is
58:58able to confect the Eucharist so you
59:01know your mass is valid even if the
59:04priest is a sinner.
59:06And then remember, the church remember,
59:09the church is made up of human and the
59:12divine. Okay? Like Jesus, the church is
59:15human and divine. In the church's divine
59:18nature, she will never fail you. The
59:20church has never ever ever mis-taught
59:24you officially. Now, you've had some
59:26wacky priests and bishops. All right.
59:30We've had some of those. But they are in
59:33line with the teaching of the church.
59:34The teaching of the church has always
59:37remained the truth. It is guided by the
59:40Holy Spirit. You will never ever be
59:42misled by the real teaching of the
59:44church. Again, be careful to not be led
59:48astray by some of these wacky priests or
59:51bishops. All right? Sometimes people
59:53probably say I'm a wacky priest. I can
59:56be wacky, but I always teach the truth,
59:58okay? That is one thing that the priest
1:00:02must do. However,
1:00:04just like Jesus, the priest is human and
1:00:06and it is divine. In her divine nature,
1:00:08she is perfect. She will never This mass
1:00:11is perfect. Your prayers, as much as you
1:00:15like to say, "Father, I pray at my own
1:00:16home. I don't need to go to a church."
1:00:19Your prayers are imperfect. Your prayers
1:00:22are imperfect cuz you have sin. I have
1:00:25sin. My prayers, your prayers are
1:00:27imperfect. There's only one form of
1:00:29perfect prayer. That is this mass.
1:00:33What's about to happen in this mass?
1:00:37Is this mass is God offering God to God.
1:00:42And that is perfect. What is going on in
1:00:46this mass, which I'm going to get to in
1:00:48about 10 minutes, is something that we
1:00:50have no idea
1:00:53why or how powerful it is.
1:00:56And I'm going to explain that when we
1:00:58get to the consecration here in a few
1:00:59minutes.
1:01:00But back to this point, the point is
1:01:03in her divine nature, the church won't
1:01:05fail. But in in her human nature, she
1:01:08will. We are broken. The church is made
1:01:10up of broken people. But you don't judge
1:01:14the church by the men of the church.
1:01:17Judge the church by the truth of Jesus
1:01:20Christ.

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