Nor, as some object, is the Sacrifice of the Mass superfluous or in any way derogatory to the Sacrifice of the Cress. The Catholic Church has always taught the all-sufficiency of the One Sacrifice of our redemption, upon which St. Paul insisted, As the Rev. Pere de la Taille puts it, "The fulness of the price once paid, the Blood of Christ, makes all other payment impossible; the immolation of Calvary renders all repetition useless. But immolation is only one element of sacrifice, and not the one that has to be performed by the priest or sacrificer. The priestly element is oblation, which has been performed by Christ in such a manner that it may be renewed by us. The immalation has been done once, and need not be repeated, cannot be repeated in a bloody manner, But the offering can and should be of daily recurrence, according to the words of Christ, "Do this for a commemoration of Me," and when the priest goes through the ceremonies of the Mass, he is doing just that,"
The failure to realize or understand the sacrificial aspect of the Mass is the reason why not only non-Catho-lies but even so many Catholics do not appreciate the tremendous importance of this central feature of Catholic worship, The purpose of our introductory talk tonight will have been accomplished if we have succeeded in awakening our radio audience to the fact that there is more, much more, to the services in the Catholic Church than meets the eye; that far from being the same uninteresting rigmaxole in an unintelligible language, or a meaningless hcdge-podge of ceremonies, there is repeated each day a wonderfully real sacrifice, instituted by Christ Himself, to constitute the principle act of worship of the Christian Religion.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.