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According to Pope Francis, the Mass is not just a social event, it is the living memory of a saving event. This must not become merely a custom or a vague memory, he said at his homily this morning at a Mass concelebrated with the Council of Cardinals, the eight cardinals from around the world advising him on church reform.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wonder,\u201d he said, \u201cif this saving reality is near to us, or if it is a distant memory, something vague and archaic, like a museum.\u201d He said that the Mass, as the place of the presence of Christ, represents the \u201cprinciple of our Christian life.\u201d When this touches people inwardly, \u201cit warms the heart and brings about joy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here is a quick Pray Tell<\/em> translation of the end of Francis\u2019s homily from the Italian report at Vatican Radio<\/a>:<\/p>\n

And this joy is our strength. The joy of a memory close at hand. Sometimes the memory is domesticated<\/em>, it becomes distant, and it becomes a mere historical account, it does not warm the heart, it does not give us joy and strength. But this encounter with the memory is an event of salvation, it is an encounter with the love of God who has made history with us and saved us; it is an encounter of salvation. And it is so beautiful to be saved, that we must have a celebration!<\/p>\n

When God comes close, there is always a celebration. And many times, we Christians are afraid of this celebration: this simple and fraternal celebration which is a gift of the nearness of the Lord.<\/p>\n

Life leads us to push away this nearness, to preserve only the historical account of this salvation, not the living memory\u2026 It happens to us that we push away this memory and change into a historical account, a habitual event.<\/p>\n

We go to church every week, and it is dead, we go to a funeral \u2026 and this memory, much of the time, bores us, because it is not near to us. It is sad, but many times the Mass is turned into a social event and we are not near to the memory of the Church, which is the presence of the Lord standing before us.<\/p>\n

Let us picture this beautiful scene in the Book of Nehemiah: Ezra carries the Book of the memory of Israel and the people come near to their memory and weep, the heart is warmed, it is joyful, it senses that the joy of the Lord is its strength. There is simply a celebration, without fear.<\/p>\n

Let us ask the Lord for the grace always to keep this memory close to us, a memory that is near and not domesticated<\/em> by habit or other things and fades into merely a past account.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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