May 14, 2020 COVID-19 Faith Reflection - A Walk Through the Mass
Last week for my Pastor Chat we walked through the church building to find the answers to my quiz. I had a lot of fun. Let’s do it again. This time, we’ll walk through the Mass.
Take the quiz and drop in on my next Pastor Chat for the answers. I’ll walk through the church with my laptop camera as we tour the church. See you at the Pastor Chat next Sunday, May 10 after the 9:00 a.m. Mass. No cheating!
Blessed Easter,
Father David
Circle the best answer or answers:
- A good way to describe the Mass is to say that it is
- Holy Thursday
- Good Friday
- Easter Sunday
- All of the above
- The Introductory Rites include
- The Entrance Chant / gathering song
- Penitential Act
- Gloria
- The Collect/opening prayer
- The purpose of the Introductory Rites is to
- Gather us together into one body in Christ
- Worship God
- Make time for people to slip in before the Mass really starts
- Prepare us to listen to the word of God
- The Liturgy of the Word include
- Readings from the Bible
- The homily
- A good joke
- The Universal Prayer / the Prayer of the Faithful
- The purpose of the Liturgy of the Word is to
- Listen to God’s word for us
- Remember stories about God and his people
- Study the bible
- Learn the church’s position on the issues of the day
- The Liturgy of the Eucharist includes
- The presentation of the gifts/preparation of the altar
- The eucharistic prayer
- Communion
- Reenactment of the Last Supper
- The purpose of the Liturgy of the Eucharist is to
- Set the table
- Say grace
- Listen to the priest pray for the people
- Share the food
- The Concluding Rites include
- If they are necessary, any brief announcements
- Blessing
- dismissal
- Prayers for the people
- The purpose of the commissioning is to
- Keep people in church until the coffee and donuts are ready
- Send forth the assembly to announce the Gospel of the Lord
- Command the assembly to become what it has celebrated
- Send people forth with a good feeling
- The form of the Mass is a
- lecture
- meal
- sacrifice
- reenactment of the Last Supper
Nativity Update
Asian bishops urge the faithful to fast and pray today, May 14, for an end to the covid-19 pandemic. Pointing to the immense suffering of all, especially the poor, Cardinal Bo in his statement said that the Covid-19 pandemic is “like a world war”. Even if the virus is defeated, its “legacy will live with us for decades”. If governments do not meet the challenge, he warned, they will lose the trust of their people. The gravest epidemic we face, he pointed out, is the erosion of trust, adding, “nothing has affected the whole world as radically as this virus”. “This,” Cardinal Bo said, “is a time to take to our world the goodness, mercy and love of God.” https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2020-05/asia-fabc-bo-appeal-prayer-fast-may14-covid19.html