Psalm 84:10
For a day in thy courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
Life offers us a choice as Catholics. We can be Catholics who have to go to Mass or we can be Catholics who get to go to Mass. Today’s verse sums up the heart cry of the latter sort. And the reason for that cry is simple: every trip to Mass is a trip into the very presence of Jesus Christ himself, alive and changing lives in the Eucharist. Go to Mass, go to Heaven. What better place is there?
By Mark Shea
Mark P. Shea is a Catholic author, blogger, and speaker.
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