Why Have Mass With No One There? (Catholic News Agency)
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My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace You as if You were already there,
and unite myself wholly to You.
Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.
As I cannot this day attend the
Holy Mystery of the Mass
I, in my mind and soul,
bring myself to the foot of your altar, O God.
I unite myself with the Church
as priests offer the Mass
and I offer myself with Jesus and in Jesus.
I adore, I praise, and thank Thee, Oh God
and bring to you these moments of worship.
May I be blessed in these moments of prayer
and bring also to this time
those for whom I particularly wish to pray.
May I never forget that you, O Jesus,
are my divine Redeemer
and my Bread of Life.
May I one day live eternally with Thee.
Amen.
The graces of our greatest prayer, the Mass, flow abundantly - even when we cannot personally attend. The most important thing we can do when we must stay home from Mass on a Sunday is to still "keep holy the Sabbath." The Church does offer some guidance though on what you could choose to do to participate in the holiness of the day in some way.
If it is impossible to assist at a eucharistic celebration, either because no sacred minister is available or for some other grave reason, the faithful are strongly recommended to take part in a Liturgy of the Word...or to spend an appropriate time in prayer, whether personally or as a family or, as occasion presents, in a group of families.
(canon 1248, Code of Canon Law).
This counsel is repeated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 2183).
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