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Have you ever sat back and
wondered why God would
command us to go to Church each
Sunday, to keep holy the Sabbath,
to attend Mass every Sunday,
under pain of mortal sin?

Why would God make us go through this? Is it because God wants us to be miserable or
is there something deeper? He calls us to sacrifice; he calls us to worship not because he
needs it but because we need it. It’s really pretty simple actually. Mass is a meal with
our family – with our brothers and sisters; with our father when God wants to tell us
something; God wants to speak to us – he wants to feed us. Like any good family we eat
together. But what about all the extra stuff? What about all the smells and the bells – the
candles and the robes and the stain glass – why do we worship this way? It’s because
we’re stepping out of our world and stepping into his in that hour at Mass. It’s not so
much God coming down as it is him lifting us up. The problem is not with God, it is
with us. There is more than meets the eye.

If you were like me you
didn’t learn a lot about the
Mass when you were grow-
ing up. You had to be there
but you didn’t really
understand it. When you
really understand the Mass,
things come to life in a new
way. When you learn a few
things about why we use this;
why we say this; why we do
this at this time – the Mass is
no longer boring. The Mass
is actually incredible. It’s
captivating. We just have to
know a little bit more about
what’s going on because to
be a Catholic means you look
past what you see on the
surface.

To be a Catholic means you understand there is a deeper reality – there are mystical
realities. When we go to Mass it is not just about history, it is about mystery. Because as
Catholics, things are not always what they seem. Learn more about that in the
following articles.

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