This article is aimed not at the atheist or non-believer. It is not aimed at Protestants. It is aimed at the Catholic who claims to be a believer but does not attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation.
One of the common things I have heard by Catholics who do not attend Mass is I just don’t get much out of it. Getting the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord and Savior is not much?
But I know what people are saying. Mass can be boring at times, especially if we are not coming with enthusiasm in the first place. Regardless, this is irrelevant.
God commanded us to keep holy the Sabath. It doesn’t matter what we get out of it. It only matters that God gets what He wants.
If we refuse without a valid excuse we commit mortal sin, plain and simple. I understand why Catholics have come to think the Mass is about us and our feelings.
As Vatican II watered down the message. We attend the “celebration of the Mass” rather than correctly the Sacrifice of the Mass.
There is all this laity involvement. People hold hands during the Lord’s Prayer rather than folding them in reverence pointed to Heaven.
The priest faces us rather than Christ. He sometimes thanks us for coming to Mass.
We have become like kids who get a pat on the back for expected behavior. We think life is all about us.
There is a time for fellowship and pats on the back; Mass is not it.
Many Catholics do not believe in transubstantiation. It is not driven home hard enough because some priests do not truly believe either.
It is tax season. The government hates us but we wouldn’t dare not pay our taxes by the date they tell us.
God created us, Jesus saved us. They love us. But we are willing to blow them off.
Well, the government might put me in jail if I don’t pay taxes. True! I am not recommending you evade your taxes. Only the elites can do that.
However, evading God’s Commandments may put us in Hell. Talk soon.
-Marksman
PS: Attendance of the Traditional Latin Mass has removed much of the boredom and going through the motions I experience at the Novus Ordo Mass. There are far less distractions because your focus is solely on Jesus the entire time, not the guitar music or the social justice prayers of the faithful that make you angry. The language barrier actually helps as you are constantly following along with the translation rather than the silliness of females on the Alter.