Of interest to my Protestant friends, the One Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross is continually offered to us in the Mass. Christ is not "re-sacrificed" as this Protestant claims. Read Hebrews 7:24. We’re told that Jesus holds his priesthood permanently, and he’s exercising that permanent priesthood “in the sanctuary and the true tent, which is set up not by man but by the Lord.” That’s Hebrews 8:2. And what is he doing there? He’s “always liv[ing] to make intercession” for us (Hebrews 7:25), so that all of us who draw near to him, we can be saved. And in Heb 8:3, “For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, hence it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.” Notice that the author of Hebrews is saying Jesus our high priest, as high priest in the heavenly sanctuary, must have a gift to offer in his heavenly priestly ministry. Which offering could that possibly be? It can’t be some distinct offering that he’s offering to his Father in this heavenly priestly ministry, because that would imply that his sacrifice on the cross was insufficient, which is absurd given revelation. So what is it that he’s offering? What is the gift? What is the offering that he’s making present to the Father? It is his one sacrifice on the cross. But notice he’s making it present to the Father in the heavenly sanctuary in a different manner-in an unbloody manner. Catholics are saying the Mass is simply that reality of Jesus making his one sacrifice present to the Father in an unbloody manner; that reality becomes present on the altar every time we go to Mass, and that’s the reality behind the veil of the senses.
A service with dignity. Songs well sung. Prayers well prayed. Sermon well preached. Scriptures well read. Voluntary - well played!
Director of Music and Organist Mr Ross Cobb.
Of interest to my Protestant friends, the One Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross is continually offered to us in the Mass. Christ is not "re-sacrificed" as this Protestant claims. Read Hebrews 7:24. We’re told that Jesus holds his priesthood permanently, and he’s exercising that permanent priesthood “in the sanctuary and the true tent, which is set up not by man but by the Lord.” That’s Hebrews 8:2. And what is he doing there? He’s “always liv[ing] to make intercession” for us (Hebrews 7:25), so that all of us who draw near to him, we can be saved. And in Heb 8:3, “For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, hence it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.” Notice that the author of Hebrews is saying Jesus our high priest, as high priest in the heavenly sanctuary, must have a gift to offer in his heavenly priestly ministry. Which offering could that possibly be? It can’t be some distinct offering that he’s offering to his Father in this heavenly priestly ministry, because that would imply that his sacrifice on the cross was insufficient, which is absurd given revelation. So what is it that he’s offering? What is the gift? What is the offering that he’s making present to the Father? It is his one sacrifice on the cross. But notice he’s making it present to the Father in the heavenly sanctuary in a different manner-in an unbloody manner. Catholics are saying the Mass is simply that reality of Jesus making his one sacrifice present to the Father in an unbloody manner; that reality becomes present on the altar every time we go to Mass, and that’s the reality behind the veil of the senses.