http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/where-in-the-bible-does-it-require-weekly-attending-of-the-mass/ an online magazine for spiritual seekers. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:09:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/where-in-the-bible-does-it-require-weekly-attending-of-the-mass/#comment-5200 Joe Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:45:25 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/beta2008/wp/?p=571#comment-5200 Let's not forget that Hebrews 10:25 says, "We should not stay away from our assembly, as is the custom of some, but encourage one another, and this all the more as you see the day drawing near." The Greek word for assembly here is the same word for "church". And Acts 2:46 says that Christians celebrated Mass everyday in its primitive form, "Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple area and to breaking bread in their homes." Why is the liturgy so important? Because it's God's work, not ours and Christ becomes substantially present for us to make us his Father's flesh and blood children in a real way. If we Catholics today showed the same devotion and belief in the Eucharist that the early Church had maybe we wouldn't need a law to make people go. They would see our joy and be encouraged to go. Let’s not forget that Hebrews 10:25 says,
“We should not stay away from our assembly, as is the custom of some, but encourage one another, and this all the more as you see the day drawing near.” The Greek word for assembly here is the same word for “church”.
And Acts 2:46 says that Christians celebrated Mass everyday in its primitive form, “Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple area and to breaking bread in their homes.” Why is the liturgy so important? Because it’s God’s work, not ours and Christ becomes substantially present for us to make us his Father’s flesh and blood children in a real way. If we Catholics today showed the same devotion and belief in the Eucharist that the early Church had maybe we wouldn’t need a law to make people go. They would see our joy and be encouraged to go.

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