“Holy Mass is really a formal congregation, one in which order, teaching, reason, understanding, obligation, and our Faith in God is practiced and strengthened.

Attending Holy Mass should not solely mean to be fulfilling an obligation, but a time to reaffirm one’s Faith in God, by first entering the church respectfully, humbly, quietly, genuflecting out of Honor to The Supreme Being of All Things.

The Sign of The Cross says there is recognition of His Presence, His Sacrifice that made this opportunity possible. All distractions should be ignored. Nothing should be allowed to supersede or disturb our intentions and Honor due God in His House upon earth.

Our attention should be focused on the importance of this time, and as we make The Sign of The Cross, we should look at this outward Sign as our Sign of Faith in His Sacrifice that made this opportunity possible.

In His Presence we should immediately ask His Forgiveness, either by an Act of Contrition, or Examination of our Conscience according to our behavior where His Ten Commandments were obeyed or disobeyed by us, because of our weaknesses since our last time at Holy Mass.

By the time the priest appears, to begin the formal prayers and lead us in the Act of Faith, if we have properly prepared for this special occasion Honoring God, our Act of Faith will have more meaning and purpose to our presence at Holy Mass.

Each segment of Holy Mass has a purpose, and we should never omit the dignity, respect, responsibility and advantage that this time presents to us for the benefit of ourselves and for our Soul.

There is so little said on the preparation that should come natural to such an important part of our lives, and it is sad that such little time is spent by us in our effort to be properly and respectfully dressed for the occasion, as well as being spiritually prepared for the occasion.

It is amazing how much planning, effort, enthusiasm and anticipation is required for a social event, or some place that we feel will give our lives a new interest, relaxation, or possibly change the course of our life. Sometimes extreme effort is made just planning such an event. We take nothing for granted, because we base everything on human participation, acceptance, involvement, depending upon hopeful results.

If we are honest with ourselves, the effort, planning and participation has many times left us disappointed because of unimportant things that did not allow the results we anticipated.

Holy Mass can never be disappointing or leave us weaker than when we began to prepare for participation in it. In no way does God ever allow a child of any age to leave His House without more courage, more strength, more hope, more love, and more Faith in Him, to not just avoid obstacles that happen in everyday life, but to conquer obstacles that happen in everyday life.

Look at this Lesson in its fullest degree, and when you evaluate the importance of the short amount of time in preparation for Holy Mass, and the time it takes for Holy Mass to once again give order to our Faith in God, there is nothing in the world that can give more satisfaction in such a short span of time.

Special Devotions, outside of Holy Mass or combined with Holy Mass, produce a mental, physical and Spiritual impact that gives peace to whomever makes this practice a habit.”