The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Why Holy Mass Never Gets Old

Aug 10, 2023

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Worshipping God at Mass involves approaching Him with authenticity and reverence, recognizing it as an unmediated encounter with the true and living God.

The Mass should be approached with the same reverence and attention to detail as an artist ensuring their most well-known song sounds perfect at every performance.

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The Power of Unmediated Worship

When attending a concert, people often desire to hear the artist perform their classic hits exactly as they remember them. Similarly, in worship, the temptation arises to tweak or update the Mass to make it feel novel. However, true worship involves approaching God with authenticity and reverence, recognizing that it is an unmediated encounter with the true and living God. The Mass allows participants to enter into the mystery and beauty of God's presence, similar to experiencing a concert live and unfiltered.

Introduction

4min

The Point of Worship Is to Approach the Lord in Spirit and Truth

2min

The Unmediated Contact With the Lord

3min

When you go to a concert for your favorite band, and that band has been around for a while, what songs are everybody showing up for? The new ones off of the most recent EP? Or the classics?

And when that iconic song kicks off and the fans go mad... what do they want to hear? A modern reworking? Or the original—"just like the album"?

Today, Fr. Mike makes the case for worshipping God at Mass the way that he asks to be worshipped—not the way that we think he should be worshipped. "O Beauty ever ancient, ever new..."

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