I arrive early. Maybe three people are there. I come early because I want to go to Adoration. More people gradually enter the Church. They can’t stay away either: Adorers, each and all. But they are not here just for Adoration. There is a Mass at 12:05. By then, there are 30 to 40 people gathered. This happens every day. They are called daily communicants. Mass is the center of their lives. Everything else in the day revolves around it. The priests schedule the Masses to make it more convenient. 6:30 A.M., 8:00 A.M., 12:05 P.M., 12:15 P.M., 5:30 P.M. These are the times for the different Churches in town—every day.
Everyday Mass is a discipline. It is often a sacrifice to be there. But somehow these people make it. I estimate that at least 350 people in town go to daily Mass. Maybe you think that’s not very many, but they are the backbone of the Church. They regularly go to confession, daily Adore Christ truly present in the Blessed Sacrament, daily receive Christ in communion, pray for each other, pray for the whole world, and pray for you. Daily Mass is where the action is. The day is incomplete without it.
Maybe it’s a calling. Maybe it’s the Holy Spirit drawing these people into worship every weekday. Not to substitute for Sunday worship but to extend it. If it’s a calling, can you hear it? Why not come to a daily Mass? And come a few minutes early to Adore a while. It’s where the action is!
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