Staying with the Great Thanksgiving we reach the centre and
summit of the Mass. Everything in the Liturgy of the Word leads us toward it,
and everything in the Communion Rite flows from it. In this great prayer:
- We give thanks – the very word Eucharist means thanksgiving.
- We remember – not merely recalling, but actively entering into Christ’s Paschal Mystery in the here and now.
- We invoke the Spirit – asking the Holy Spirit to sanctify the gifts and the gathered Church.
- We unite ourselves with Christ’s sacrifice made present on the altar.
There is enough here to keep us occupied for an
eternity. Who said mass was boring?
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