The Apocalypse - Letter by Letter: There Will Be a Sacrifice Today
The Apocalypse - Letter by Letter
Blog to discuss the book "The Apocalypse - Letter by Letter: A Literary Analysis of the Book of Revelation" and current events that point to the events described therein.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
There Will Be a Sacrifice Today
Services Cancelled But Mass Still Held
It's snowing today, hard. And the wind is blowing too, up to 40 mph. Since it's Sunday, there aren't any school closings but across the bottom of the television screen is a long list of church closings. The Methodists, Assembly of God, Unitarians, Lutherans, Episcopalians and a whole long list of others. Many Catholic Churches also cancelled religious education classes.
But my wife pointed out something interesting. No Catholic Masses were cancelled. You see, the sacrifice of the Mass goes on no matter what. From a purely logistical sense, it's not a problem for the Priest. He lives there. And, no, they aren't putting parishioners at risk. There was an overflow crowd at the vigil Mass last night long beforethe snow began to fall.
The fact is, you don't cancel the Sacrifice of the Mass. It would be imprudent to dis-invite the Savior of the world because of weather. All it requires for Christ to become truly present in His Church is a Priest to say the Mass. Nobody else need be there. So no matter what the weather, the Mass goes on.
How unfortunate for the separated brethren that the customs they have created are of so little consequence.
