{"id":9666,"date":"2023-09-30T11:28:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T15:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/?p=9666"},"modified":"2023-11-18T10:35:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T15:35:04","slug":"the-hidden-depths-of-the-mass-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/the-hidden-depths-of-the-mass-8\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hidden Depths of the Mass #8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Sign of the Cross<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The two main parts of the Mass are the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist.&nbsp; Before we begin the Liturgy of the Word, we have the Introductory Rites.&nbsp; They begin with the procession and music that we have already reflected on.&nbsp; As part of the procession, the clergy kiss the altar as a sign of love and devotion in their service to God and the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Next, the priest begins speaking with the Sign of the Cross.&nbsp; We make the Sign of the Cross every time we begin and end our prayers.&nbsp; Who could even begin to count how many times a person makes the Sign of the Cross in a lifetime?&nbsp; Don\u2019t let it become routine without any thought!&nbsp; The Cross is the place where Jesus gave his life so that our sins might be forgiven.&nbsp; We call upon the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as one God who loves us with an unending love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(The entire series of these articles to date is available on my website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renewaloffaith.org\/bulletinmass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.renewaloffaith.org\/bulletinmass<\/a>).  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sign of the Cross The two main parts of the Mass are the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist.&nbsp; Before we begin the Liturgy of the Word, we have the Introductory Rites.&nbsp; They begin with the procession and music that we have already reflected on.&nbsp; As part of the procession, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/the-hidden-depths-of-the-mass-8\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;The Hidden Depths of the Mass #8&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-2vU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9666"}],"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=9666"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9669,"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9666\/revisions\/9669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}