How We Worship
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Sunday Mass
"The Sunday celebration of the Eucharist is at the heart of the Church’s life. We Christians go to Sunday Mass to encounter the Risen Lord, or better still to allow ourselves to be encountered by him, to hear his Word, to nourish ourselves at his table, and thus to become the Church, that is, his mystical living Body in the world” - Pope Francis, Wednesday Audience of December 13, 2017
The Catechism of the Catholic Church #2182 states that: "Participation in the communal celebration of the Sunday Eucharist is a testimony of belonging and of being faithful to Christ and to his Church. The faithful give witness by this to their communion in faith and charity. Together they testify to God’s holiness and their hope of salvation. They strengthen one another under the guidance of the Holy Spirit."
Daily Mass
The opportunity to meet Jesus in the Liturgy of the Word, join with His offering to the Father, and receive Him in the Eucharist is present throughout the week as well.
Reconciliation
St. Thomas Aquinas, priest and Doctor of the Church, said: “In the life of the body a man is sometimes sick, and unless he takes medicine, he will die. Even so, in the spiritual life, a man is sick on account of sin. For that reason, he needs medicine so that he may be restored to health; and this grace is bestowed in the Sacrament of Penance.”
Eucharistic Adoration
In Matthew 26:40, Jesus asks Peter, “So you could not keep watch with me for one hour?" Holy hours are the Roman Catholic devotional tradition of spending an hour in Eucharistic Adoration in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament.
Saint Teresa of Calcutta wrote that "the time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time that you will spend on earth. Each moment that you spend with Jesus will deepen your union with Him and make your soul everlastingly more glorious and beautiful in Heaven, and will help bring about an everlasting peace on earth."
