Any Catholic of one rite may assist at Holy Mass and receive Holy Communion in any other' Catholic rite; ahd this is precisely one of the many signs of that wonderful unity of the Catholic Church, for which Our Blessed Lord prayed just as He left the Supper-chamber after the first Holy Mass. The Holy Spirit, Who is the life and soul of the Church, has directed the development of the different rites and ceremonies so that they might best suit the requirements of the Body of Christ, the Faithful, in their various circumstances and according to their various characters. To the West He has given one kind of rite suited to its character, The more mystical Greeks and Easterns were given what would be more helpful to them These different rites help each towards the same end—to better realize the same East great central act of sacrifice, the Holy Mass.
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