In the Mass the Son of God becomes man again, so that in every Mass the stupendous Mystery of the Incarnation, with all its infinite merits, is repeated as truly as when the Son of God first took flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary.

St. Augustine: "What a sublime dignity is that of the priest, in whose hands Christ once more becomes man!"

The Mass is the birth of Jesus Christ. He is really born on the Alter each time that Mass is said, as He was born in Bethlehem.

St. John Damascene: "If anyone wishes to know how the bread is changed into the Body of Jesus Christ, I will tell him. The Holy Ghost over-shadows the priest and acts on him as He acted on the Blessed Virgin Mary."

St. Bonaventure: "God, when He descends upon the altar, does no less than. He did when He became man the first time in the womb of the Virgin Mary."

The Mass is the same as the Sacrifice of Calvary. In it God dies as he died on the first Good Friday. It has the same infinite value of Calvary, and brings down on men the same priceless graces.

The Mass is not an imitation, or a memory of Calvary, it is identically the same sacrifice and differs only from Calvary in appearance.

In every Mass the Blood of Jesus is shed for us again.

St. Augustine: " In the Mass the Blood of Christ flows anew for sinners."

Nothing on this Earth, Nothing is Heaven itself, gives more glory to God and obtains more benefits for us than a single Mass.

By the Mass we offer to God the greatest praise, the greatest glory. He could possibly desire. We give Him most perfect thanks for all the benefits. He has bestowed on us. We make more reparation for our faults than by the severest penances.

We can do nothing better for the conversion of sinners than offer for them the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. If mothers would only hear and get Masses said for their erring children, and wives for their husbands, how happy their families would be !

No prayers, no suffrages, no matter how fervent, can help the Holy Souls as the Mass. Oh, let us think of the Souls in Purgatory! Among them may be our dear father and mother and friends. We can help them most easily, we can relieve their awful pains most efficaciously by hearing Mass for them.