Diamonds and Hosts and What Really Matters

Many years ago, I glanced down at my left hand on Corpus Christi Sunday and something caught my eye. The diamond was missing out my engagement ring! I was busily preparing the church for our First Holy Communion Mass beginning in under an hour, but I stopped and began searching for the diamond. Maybe itContinue reading “Diamonds and Hosts and What Really Matters”

Greetings and Processions at Holy Mass: Why so Many?

At every Mass, we exchange four greetings: at the beginning of Mass, before the Gospel is proclaimed; during the opening dialogue of the Eucharistic Prayer and before the Dismissal. Every Mass also has five processions: the Entrance Procession, the Procession of the Gospel, the Procession of the Gifts, the Procession of the Communicants and theContinue reading “Greetings and Processions at Holy Mass: Why so Many?”