Fr Flader answers question on Mass attendance

Fr. John Flader explained the necessity of Mass attendance in a question and answer published by The Catholic Weekly.

Flader stated that the Mass is the primary way the Church offers worship to God. He said the liturgy makes the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross present, through which Christ redeemed humanity from original and personal sin. Flader noted that Christ commanded the apostles to continue this sacrifice by instituting the Eucharist at the Last Supper.

The priest described the Mass as the principal act of the Church's official public worship. He said the Mass is necessary because God is the supreme being and the cause of all existence. Flader added that without God, humanity would lack faith, hope, love, and the certainty of an eternal calling.