Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

  Pondering Tidbits of Truth is my simple and inadequate way of providing nuggets of spiritual wisdom for you to chew on from time to time.     Blessed Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier, O.P. “One should attend the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass with reverence, recollection, attentiveness, and piety, since Jesus Christ, true God and true man, sacrifices Himself on the altar through the hands of the priest, as he was immolated on Calvary by the hands of the executioners. It is the same Victim, the same Sacrificer. Moreover, this sacrifice is not simply a commemoration and a remembrance of the Passion of our Savior on the cross but a true re-enactment, though in a bloodless manner This is why we should attend Mass with a lively fear and reverential trembling, as if we were present at the crucifixion of Jesus . We should also enter into the feelings of the Most Blessed Virgin, of Saint Mary Magdalene, of Saint John, and of the good thief, when they were present before the sacrifi...