Here are some quotes from people renowned for their holiness, including declared Saints, regarding the Sacrifice of the Eucharist.
Pope Paul VI: The Sacrifice offered at Mass is the highest and best possible prayer we can offer to God.
During a Revelation, the Lord to St.Gertrude: “At the hour of death, I will send as many Saints to comfort you at that hour, according to the number of Masses you have participated in, during your life.”
Pope Benedict XV says that Masses we have participated in during our lifetime are more meritorious than those offered for our soul, after death.
St.Anselm, Doctor of the Church: One single Mass offered for yourself during your lifetime is worth more than a thousand Masses offered for your repose after death.
St.John Mary Vianney, the Cure’ of Ars, says that whilst receiving Jesus during Communion, our heart should fill with so much joy and happiness that we lose consciousness, not knowing where we are.
St.Thomas Aquinas tells us that the Mass we participate in, has the same value as the Death of Christ on the Cross.
St.John Mary Vianney tells us that if we really had to realize, understand the value of the Mass, we should die instantly with joy.
St. John Mary Vianney also says that there is nothing more precious than the Mass, if anything more precious existed, God would have given it to us.
St. Padre Pio of Pietralcina, says that the world can do without the sun…but not without the Sacrifice of the Eucharist.
Pope, St.Gregory the Great tells us that during the Sacrifice of the Mass, the heavens open and an immense number of angels come down to assist for every Mass being said.
St.John Chrysostm tells us that during every sacrifice of the Mass, great hosts of Angels come down from heaven to adore the Victim on the altar.
During our Judgement, there will be acting on our Defence, all the Masses we had participated in during our life time.
Through the merits of the Mass, all the venial sins are forgiven, sins we have decided to avoid from now onwards.
Mass lessens to a great extent the power of the devil on us.
Through the merits of the Mass we will be safe from all dangers, of the body and of the soul.
Every Mass, well participated in, lessens our period in Purgatory.
Through Mass we enjoy an immense number of blessings in all we do throughout our life.
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