We are now in the fourth and last act of the drama, the Communion, or God's return gift to us. It is this that Christ Himself intended when He said of His Body: "Take ye and eat," and of His Blood: "Drink ye all of this."
Prayers The prayers which follow the Communion serve as a sort of epilogue to the great drama of the Mass, It consists in thanksgiving to God for the gift of Communion. This will give some indication that the Mass is not a mere mysterious mumbling of a priest at an altar surrounded by tion which is present out of they are made a part of the infinite merit of Calvary when we offer them to our Lord so that they are His, and His name is stamped on them, then they become precious because they are part of the very Sacrifice of Christ.
The Christian neither toils, nor struggles, nor worships alone: Christianity is a living and dying and triumphing in full fellowship with Christ and all other Christians. "It is now no longer that live, it is Christ that live th in me." (Gal. 2/20).
Today in some places where the liturigical movement has gained sufficient momentum, the offertory processions being brought back into use, with the very idea in view to bring before the people the fact that at Mass they are not mere spectators of a drama in which they have no active part, but that they, as members of the Mystical Body, offer to God the Sacrifice of the Altar which is the Mass. This is an overwhelm-
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If all those who go to Mass Sunday after Sunday and even day after day, realized this great truth what a difference it would make in their lives, in their private lives and more especially in the We of the communities of which they are members. Then members of families, seeking what they here have in common, would forget their trivial bickerings; employers and employees would soon forget their so-called class conflict, those of different nationalities would core to realize that there is only one great human family.
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