Pope: Sunday Mass a "Need and Joy" for Catholics- June 13, 2005 At today's Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI addressed the crowd in Vatican City by speaking to them about Sunday Mass. The Holy Father said that participation in Sunday Mass should not be seen by Catholics as an imposition or weight, "but as a need and joy." According to Zenit via Catholic Online:Pope John Paul II had convoked the Year of the Eucharist "to reawaken ever more, in the consciences of believers, wonder toward this great Sacrament," said Benedict XVI, eliciting applause from his listeners.http://thepopeblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/pope-sunday-mass-need-and-joy-for.html |