[ebb tide]

Ping

[Mrs. Don-o]

I’ll read tomorrow.

[Missouri gal]

Many saints unable to attend Mass because of sickness were allowed to participate mystically. Catherine of Siena, for example, and IIRC Mary of Agreda. I do believe that a live-streamed Mass is not merely “viewing” as if it were a play, but participating in the re-presentation of the sacrifice. The main thing that is lacking is Holy Communion. After all, we believe that the Mass is not confined to time and space, and that all angels and saints are present in the one timeless sacrifice of Calvary.

[Marchmain]

The live-streamed mass goes further toward the erroneous idea of the liturgy as a “service.” God, not the minister, is the author of the divine in the mass. We participate not by being a “community” but by adoring, praising, thanking and offering ourselves to God thru sacred mysteries that are real in the present.