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Daily Attatdunce (zl Mass 123
Sunday, much as university students "put in" their
"chapels." In foreign countries how often do we see
the bottom of the church crowded with men standing
for the necessary twenty minutes, and then hurrying
away with impatience, almost before it is concluded.
How few make it a practice of attending on week-days,
on the ground of there being "no obligation" - a curious
delusion! It surely ought to be a wonderful feeling
for the Catholic to think, during the day, that he has
actually witnessed this great act, the change of breacl
and wine into the Lord's body, and His descent upon
the altar of men! The day that follows may be considered
hallowed, or even, in a lower sense, a "lucky
one." Indeed, those who have gained the long habit
of hearing Mass every dey, will own that when they
have been hindered by some casualty, there has been
a sense of incompleteness and discomfort, as though the
whole day had been thrown out of gear. St. Augustine
is indeed said to have declared authoritatively that
whoever hears Mass devoutly shall never die a sudden
death. - PERCY FITZGERALD in Th Jewels of the
Moss.
ownEss there are many devout Christians who
would go to Mass daily if they could. Let them
assist at the Mass in spirit. Let them make the mrning
ofking of the League of the Sacred Heart or the
"Apostleship of Prayer," and thus present their prayers,
works, and sufferinp, each day, to God, in union with
the Sacred Heart of Jesus and for the intentions for
which He pleads and offers Himself in the holy sacri.
/FCC of the Mass.
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