“When we celebrate the Mass, we don’t accomplish a representation of the Last Supper: no, it is not a representation. It is something else: it is the Last Supper itself. It is to really live once more the Passion and the redeeming Death of the Lord. It is a theophany: the Lord is made present on the altar to be offered to the Father for the salvation of the world. The Mass…is participated in, and it is a participation in this theophany, in this mystery of the presence of the Lord among us.”
Pope Francis, this morning.
Hmmm. I thought the Mass was Calvary, not the Last Supper?!
Keep reading the rest of the text.
Wow, the Pope being very traditional! "Pray Sniff" will be livid
If Pope Francis believes the Mass is a theophany, why is he discouraging the Mass that actually, for lack of a better phrase, looks like a theophany?
I guess we can start singing all the verses now?
Nah. Probably not.