Meditation on the Vestments of the Mass

You may ask, dear Reader, if Our Lord also ordained the ceremonies of Mass.  I answer, “No.”  He instituted only the essential arts of the Mass.  He left it to His Church to prescribe the rites and ceremonies to be observed in its celebration. However, most of the ceremonies of Mass are of great antiquity,…

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The Special Privilege of Three Masses on Christmas

“The custom of saying three Masses on this day is also very ancient, and recalls to our minds the threefold birth of the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity – His eternal birth from the Father before all ages, His temporal birth in Bethlehem, and His spiritual birth in the souls of men.” –The Catholic…

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