THE SAINT ON HOLY MASS | KAIROS GLOBAL | SEPTEMBER 2022

Author:  Nycil Romis

Intro: What did the saints have to say about various aspects of Holy Mass? Nycil Romis tells us.

 The Holy Mass is central to our Christian living. But do we actually know its worth? Do we actually long to physically attend Mass and receive Holy Communion? Please check out while you go down. We have a long list of saints who clung to this sacrament of sacraments, no matter what happened in their lives. 

Is it that important not to miss Holy Mass?

As St John Mary Vianney says, ‘If we knew the value of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, how much greater effort we would put forth in order to assist at it!’

It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do without Holy Mass. – St Padre Pio

The celebration of Holy Mass has the same value as the death of Jesus on the cross. – St Thomas Aquinas

If angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion. – St Maximilian Kolbe

Ask Jesus to make you a saint. After all, only he can do that. Go to confession regularly and to Communion as often as you can. – St Dominic Savio

Going late for Holy Mass? Find out all who are there already!

O you deluded people, what are you doing? Why do you not hasten to the churches to hear as many Masses as you can? Why do you not imitate the angels, who, when a Holy Mass is celebrated, come down in myriads from paradise and take their stations about our altars in adoration to intercede for us? – St Leonard of Port Maurice 

When Mass is being celebrated, the sanctuary is filled with countless angels who adore the Divine Victim immolated on the altar. – St John Chrysostom

 The angels surround and help the priest when he is celebrating Mass. – St Augustine

 How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass! – St John Vianney

When you approach the tabernacle remember that he has been waiting for you for twenty centuries. – St Josemaria Escriva

No time for Holy Mass? Just listen to these people

The best way to economise time is to lose half an hour each day attending Holy Mass. – Frederic Ozanam

Once, St Teresa of Avila was overwhelmed with God’s goodness and asked Our Lord, ‘How can I thank you?’ Our Lord replied, ‘ATTEND ONE MASS.’ 

If it is ‘daily bread’, why do you take it once a year? Take daily what is to profit you daily. Live in such a way that you may deserve to receive it daily. He who does not deserve to receive it daily, does not deserve to receive it once a year. – St Ambrose of Milan

My dear ones, the visit to the Blessed Sacrament is an extremely necessary way to conquer the devil. Therefore, go often to visit Jesus and the devil will not come out victorious against you. – St John Bosco

With all the strength of my soul, I urge you, young people, to approach the Communion table as often as you can. Feed on this bread of angels whence you will draw all the energy you need to fight inner battles. –Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

How does Holy Mass help in your daily life? We have the following great saints with their testimonials!

Battling daily struggles victoriously

Every morning during meditation, I prepare myself for the whole day's struggle. Holy Communion assures me that I will win the victory; and so it is… This bread of the strong gives me all the strength I need to carry on my mission and the courage to do whatever the Lord asks of me. The courage and strength that are in me are not of me, but of Him who lives in me – it is the Eucharist. – St Faustina

Resisting mortal sin

He who devoutly hears Holy Mass will receive a great vigour to enable him to resist mortal sin, and there shall be pardoned to him all venial sins which he may have committed up to that hour. – Saint Augustine

Strengthening you in your mission

I begin each day with Holy Mass, receiving Jesus hidden under the appearance of a simple piece of bread. Then I go out into the streets and I find the same Jesus hidden in the dying destitute, the AIDS patients, the lepers, the abandoned children, the hungry, and the homeless. It's the same Jesus. – Mother Teresa

Bouncing back from weaknesses/sin

One of the most admirable effects of Holy Communion is to preserve the soul from sin, and to help those who fall through weakness to rise again. It is much more profitable, then, to approach this divine Sacrament with love, respect, and confidence, than to remain away through an excess of fear and scrupulosity. – St Ignatius of Loyola

Food for our journey of life

If Christ did not want to dismiss the Jews without food in the desert for fear that they would collapse on the way, it was to teach us that it is dangerous to try to get to heaven without the Bread of Heaven. – St Jerome

What should we do while attending Holy Mass?

Put your sins in the chalice for the precious blood to wash away. One drop is capable of washing away the sins of the world. – Mother Teresa 

Place in this Heart all your sufferings and difficulties. Everything that comes from the Sacred Heart is sweet. He changes everything into love. – St Margaret Mary.

Nowhere does Jesus hear our prayers more readily than in the Blessed Sacrament. – Blessed Henry Suson

Do you realise that Jesus is there in the tabernacle expressly for you – for you alone? He burns with the desire to come into your heart ... don't listen to the demon, laugh at him, and go without fear to receive the Jesus of peace and love... Receive Communion often, very often ... there you have the sole remedy, if you want to be cured. Jesus has not put this attraction in your heart for nothing... – St Therese of Lisieux

When we work hard, we must eat well. What a joy that you can receive Holy Communion often! It's our life and support in this life. Receive Communion often, and Jesus will change you into himself. – St Peter Julian Eymard

Once for all beloved children, the surest, easiest, shortest way is by the Eucharist. It is so easy to approach the holy table, and there we taste the joys of paradise. – Pope St Pius X

What to do after receiving Holy Communion?

When you have received him, stir up your heart to do him homage; speak to him about your spiritual life, gazing upon him in your soul where he is present for your happiness; welcome him as warmly as possible, and behave outwardly in such a way that your actions may give proof to all of his Presence. – St Francis de Sales

Grant, oh my God, that when my lips approach yours to kiss you, I may taste the gall that was given to you; when my shoulders lean against yours, make me feel your scourging; when my flesh is united with yours, in the Holy Eucharist, make me feel your passion; when my head comes near yours, make me feel your thorns; when my heart is close to yours, make me feel your spear. – St Gemma Galgani

Let’s pray with the saints for the grace to approach Holy Mass with utmost love and longing

Give me the grace to long for your holy sacraments, and especially to rejoice in the presence of your body, sweet Saviour Christ, in the holy sacrament of the altar. – St Thomas More

Virgin Immaculate, perfect lover of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, we ask you to obtain for us the graces we need to become true adorers of our Eucharistic God. Grant us, we beg of you, to know him better, to love him more, and to centre our lives around the Eucharist, that is, to make our whole life a constant prayer of adoration, thanksgiving, reparation, and petition to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. Amen. – St Peter Julian Eymard