The Attacks Made by Heretics upon the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
by VP
Posted on Tuesday October 08, 2024 at 01:00AM in Quotes
Saint Catherine of Siena, Wake Forest NC
"The persecutions which the evil enemy has stirred up at various times against the most holy sacrifice of the Mass are a proof how sacred a thing it must be, and how obnoxious to the devil; otherwise he would not attack it with such violence. (...)
From the days of the apostles until the present time the holy sacrifice of the Mass has had no more vehement opponent than the unhappy Martin Luther, who not only attacked but decried this divine mystery. He did not do this of himself, nor when he first apostatized, but at a later period, and at the instigation of the devil. In fact the deluded man himself acknowledges in his writings that his teaching comes from the devil, and only at the suggestion of the evil one has he abolished the Mass as an act of idolatry, although he must have known full well that the devil is the hater of all that is good, and teaches mankind naught but what is evil."
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If the people are ignorant of the great value of holy Mass they do not love and esteem it as they ought; they never go to Mass on week-days, and on Sundays and holidays they are too often indifferent, irreverent, superficial; they absent themselves on a mere pretext, and without the slightest scruple of conscience.
But if they understand the vast efficacy and value of
the holy Mass, they cannot fail to prize more highly this costly
treasure, to love it deeply, and assist at the divine oblation with
greater reverence. There is in the Catholic Church no mystery more
important, more consoling, more salutary, than this sublime mystery of
the altar. If this truth were recognized aright, we should certainly see
a larger attendance at Mass on week-days."
Source:Cochem's Explanation of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
