Each week, viewers will hear from a bishop about what is truly happening during different parts of the Mass. Some of the aspects covered will include the offertory, the epiclesis prayer, transubstantiation, the Great Amen, and more.
Sister Alicia Torres told CNA that the series was inspired from a “desire to help people really enter into the mysteries at Mass, really pray the Mass,” which has been a “top priority” for those involved.
“During Easter 2023, we ran an in-depth mystagogy essay series. A tremendous amount of prayer, research, and love was poured into that series,” she said. “We were so pleased by how it turned out, and also realize that for many people a long-form essay is not an accessible format. We were praying about how we could take that content and bring it to more people, and that is how the livestream series emerged.”
She shared that the series is “meant to reach people in the pews right now — whether you are a cradle Catholic or recently entered the Church this Easter.”
Torres said she hopes this series “truly helps us all to pray the Mass better. What do I mean by that? At Vatican II, the fathers of the council called us to fully active and conscious participation at Mass. While indeed that means speaking the responses, singing the songs, and making the gestures, it also — and more importantly — means engaging at the level of the heart.”
She continued: “The Church teaches that the Mass actually forms us. When I consider that truth, it draws me right away to Jesus’ new commandment, that we love one another as he has loved us. The Mass is our participation in the paschal mystery — the passion, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus. We literally relive, with Jesus, what he did to save us, and we participate in it with him. That is profoundly beautiful and mysterious and can feel very hard to access at times. That is why we need opportunities like this mystagogy series to help us.”
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