Why?
Because it is the action of Christ.
The main thing in the Mass is NOT what the priest preaches Nor what the people do or sing, BUT IT IS what Christ does.He OFFERS HIMSELF for us, as He offered Himself on the Cross. He Sacrifices Himself for us.
The Mass is the same Sacrifice as that of the Cross renewed in an unbloody manner on the altar.
- Fr. Cormac Burke -
