WHY GO TO MASS ?
1. At the time of your death, your greatest comfort will be the Masses that during your life you attended with fervor and devotion.
2. Every Mass you attended will accompany you in divine court and advocate for you to attain forgiveness.
3. With each Mass you can lessen the temporary punishment you owe for your sins, in proportion to the fervor with which you hear it.
4. With devoted attendance for the Holy Mass, pay the highest homage to the Holy Humanity of Our Lord..
5. The well-heard Holy Mass replaces your many neglects and omissions.
6. By the well-heard Holy Mass you are forgiven all the venomous sins you are determined to avoid, and many others you don't even remember.
7. Because of her also the devil loses dominion over you.
8. You offer ultimate consolation to the blessed souls of Purgatory.
9. You get blessings in your business and temporary affairs.
10. A Mass heard while you live will benefit you much more than many can offer for you after death.
11. You spare yourself from many dangers and misfortunes which you might fall into if not for the Holy Mass.
12. Also remember that it shortens your Purgatory.
13. With every Mass you will increase your degrees of glory in Heaven. In it you receive the blessing of the priest, which God ratifies in heaven.
14. To the one who hears Mass every day, God will deliver him from a tragic death, and the guardian Angel will keep in mind the steps he takes to go to Mass, and God will reward them in his death.
15. During Mass you kneel in the midst of a crowd of angels invisibly attending the Holy Sacrifice with utmost reverence.
16. When we hear mass in honor of a particular Saint, giving thanks to God for the favors bestowed on that Saint, we cannot help but earn his protection and special love, for the honor, joy and happiness that our good work follows him.
17. Every day we hear Mass, it would be good if, besides the other intentions, we had the one to honor the Saint of the day.
18. The Mass is the greatest gift that can be offered to the Lord for souls, to take them out of purgatory, to set them free from their sorrows, and to bring them to enjoy glory. – Saint Bernard of the Seine.
19. Whoever hears Mass, prays, gives alms, or prays for the souls of the Purgatory, works for his own benefit. – Saint Augustine.
20. For every Mass celebrated or heard with devotion, many souls leave Purgatory, and those who remain there are lessened by the sorrows they suffer. – Saint Gregory the Great, Pope.
21. During the celebration of the Mass, the sorrows of the souls are suspended for those who pray and work the priest, and especially for those for whom the Mass is offered. –St. Gregory the Great.
22. You can also earn Plenary Indulgence every Monday of the year by offering the Holy Mass and Communion in suffrage of the blessed souls of Purgatory. For the believers who can't hear Mass on Monday it's worth listening to it on Sunday with that intention.
23. It is pleaded that they apply all the indulgences in suffering of the Souls of Purgatory, for God our Lord, and they will reward you this charity.
24. The Holy Mass is the renewal of the Sacrifice of Calvary, the greatest act of worship to the Holy Trinity. That's why it's obligatory to listen to it every Sunday and holidays to save.
Fr-Emmanuel Anyanwu
