The Mass - Meal and Sacrifice - The Mass and the Cross - PART 5


PART 5 - THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE SACRIFICE OF THE MASS TO THE SACRIFICE OF THE CROSS


“In the Sacrifice of the Mass, Christ’s Sacrifice  on the Cross is made present, it’s memory celebrated, and it’s saving power applied. (De Fide)” 


The Council of Trent teaches” Christ left a visible Sacrifice to His Church “in which that bloody sacrifice which was once offered on the Cross should be made present, its memory preserved to the end of the world, and its salvation-bringing power applied to the forgiveness of the sins which are daily committed  by us (D 938)”.


The sacrifice of the Mass is the presenting again of the Sacrifice of the Cross, in so far as the sacrificial Body and the sacrificial Blood of Christ are made present under separate species, thus symbolically representing the real separation of the body and blood of Christ on the Cross. (Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma).


It is not a mere commemorative celebration; it is also a true and proper sacrifice.


The sacrifice of the Mass is the means whereby the fruits of the Sacrifice of the Cross are applied to mankind in need of salvation. The sacramental species confer a sensible presence in the sacramental gift, but do not themselves belong to the sacramental gift. The Primary sacrificing Priest is Jesus Christ, who utilizes the human priest as His servant and representative and fulfills the consecration through him. The purpose of the Sacrifice is the same in the Sacrifice of the Mass as in the Sacrifice of the Cross; primarily the glorification of God, secondarily atonement, thanksgiving, and appeal.


So we have come to understand that the Eucharistic Sacrifice is the Sacrifice of the Cross, and we are not celebrating the past, but somehow entering into the Sacrifice and making it actually present.


END OF PART 5

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