{"id":9573,"date":"2023-08-24T09:50:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T13:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/?p=9573"},"modified":"2023-08-24T09:52:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T13:52:26","slug":"the-hidden-depths-of-the-mass-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/the-hidden-depths-of-the-mass-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hidden Depths of the Mass #3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Hidden Depths of the Mass #3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Can We Fully Understand It?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">As we learn more about the Mass, an important piece to consider is that the Sacraments, including the Eucharist are rooted in mystery.&nbsp; We are not going to understand everything. For example, how God changes the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Jesus is beyond what human words can express.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">We also need to think about why we come to Mass.\u00a0 For many the answer is to feel good.\u00a0 While our participation at Mass should \u201clift us up\u201d, Mass is first meant to give praise and worship to God.\u00a0 It helps us to grow in a <em>deeper <\/em>relationship with God.\u00a0 When we open ourselves to the depths of the Mass, we are filled with God\u2019s grace.\u00a0 What do you do to prepare yourself for Mass? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find past articles in this series on my website at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stmarystben.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=752cd901e208064397034f9bf&amp;id=204500acd5&amp;e=1e6f6fe49b\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.renewaloffaith.org\/bulletin-series-on-the-mass-2023.html.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hidden Depths of the Mass #3 Can We Fully Understand It? As we learn more about the Mass, an important piece to consider is that the Sacraments, including the Eucharist are rooted in mystery.&nbsp; We are not going to understand everything. For example, how God changes the bread and wine into the Body and &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/the-hidden-depths-of-the-mass-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;The Hidden Depths of the Mass #3&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[733],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pMTPk-2up","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9573"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9573"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9576,"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9573\/revisions\/9576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}