Saint Francis de Sales calls the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, "the centre of the Christian religion, the heart of devotion, the soul of piety."
This quote is taken from a book of meditations for priests and seminarians from 1954. Pay attention to how this paragraph finishes:
It is the main source of the Catholic Church's holiness and vitality. No wonder that Satan should inspire her enemies with hatred of the Mass: they know that when they strike at the Mass, they strike at the very heart of the Church!
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Food for thought.
- Fr. D.B. Thompson