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_005456929	nan	Your Mass and you.	1956		.txt	text/plain	13214	407	60	In the decrees of the Council of Trent (Sess. 22), the Church impresses on us the dispositions with which we should assist at Holy Mass in these words: “If we must needs confess that no other work can be performed by the faithful so holy and Di- vine as this tremendous mystery itself, wherein that life-giving Victim is daily im- molated upon the altar by priests, it is also sufficiently clear that all industry and dili- gence is to be applied to this end, that it be performed with the greatest possible in- ward cleanness and purity of heart and outward show of devotion and piety.” We ought, then, to begin our prepara- tion for Mass as soon as we arise in the morning, by trying to keep our minds free from worldly, disturbing and distracting thoughts as much as possible, and making frequent use of ejaculatory prayers to keep our hearts turned to God. Many com- municate outside the time of Mass; others again assist at Holy Mass without any thought of receiving Holy Communion ; while for many, the Mass is merely the set- ting of their devotions for Communion.	cache/_005456929.txt	txt/_005456929.txt