As you can see, it is quite easy to follow the Latin mass.
The whole mass is so beautiful, and reverent, as
it was meant to be. To turn it into the Protestant
celebration, with hand clapping, shouting, dressing
up as clowns by the priests, having people dancing
around the altar, was not the intention originally
set forth by the Apostles.
Not meaning to demean the Ordino Mass, which for
those who are just fulfilling their obligation, works for them, but to those who wish to show reverence, and receive the full measure of blessings, you will gravitate sooner, or later,
to the reverence of the Latin Mass.
Do you Catholics realize that you are receiving
the Body,Blood,Soul, and Divinity of our Lord
Jesus Christ, and that he is present there on the
Altar? Do you understand that you are becoming one
with our Lord as you receive the Host?
I am changed each time I receive our Lord at Mass, and ask for him to become Blood of my Blood,
Flesh of my Flesh, and to make me free of Sin, and to make my Soul his dwelling place.
Just like a cleaned piece of furniture, which is sparkling new when cleaned, but one week later,
it must be dusted, and sprayed to be kept like new,
so to , must we go to confession very often.
Not for just the big sins we may commit, but for the little ones that lead to the bigger ones.
Just as the dust, if not cleaned up, will become
embedded into the wood, and grow to the point that
real cleaning, and rubbing with force is needed to
restore it, so to must the dust on our souls, be
cleaned regularly.
Would you want to live in filth and dirt, and the stench that comes from that? If that same stench and odor came up from your soul, would you be able to ignore that? It is something that you will have to pay for, after your time on earth is ended, and those that are faithful Catholics should read
a book called "Purgatory", and read what the Saints have written about it. It is just as real as everything you experience in your life, and I
am sure that it will change your outlook on things
you do every day. Do not think that I don't have to ask for forgiveness 100 times a day, for the things I say or think. Praying is the only way that
I try to keep myself on the right path, leading to
the NARROW GATE, not the WIDE GATE, that leads to
HELL, but to wash away those sins, and be "Clean",we must go to confession regularly.
This is not to admonish anyone, but to have you
realize that we are all sinners, and need to be constantly reminded of our faults, that could lead to sins.
Praying for your souls and mine in Jesus,
Itzik
