Mass celebration deserves reverence

April 26, 2018
Richard Bodisco
San Francisco
 
How enlightening it is to read letters to the editor. Meaningful thought, sharing and caring.
 
Recently Robert Jimenez from Millbrae wrote about the Mass (“Liturgical music supports Communion,” March 29). A wonderful letter about the “serious religious celebration of the agonizing suffering and death of our Lord.” His letter reminded me about serving Mass as an altar boy at St. Brendan Church in San Francisco in the ‘50s and four years serving at St. Ignatius Church when the school was located on Stanyan Street in the ‘60s.
 
Serving at the altar, responding to the priest in Latin and spending time with the Jesuits who served on many difficult missions throughout the world convinced me that reverence to the Lord, Jesus Christ, was the most powerful and rewarding devotion in my life. The Last Supper is repeated every day, and near every day I attend this most beautiful reverent and special sacrament: Communion.
 
Years later serving as a police officer I am convinced that the Lord saved me from many, many life and death experiences. My prayers in church during the Mass are the sine qua non in my life, the life of my wife and children.
 
The Mass is a celebration deserving of reverence, meditation, deep connection with the Lord and spirituality.
 
Mass should not be taken to the secular level of tambourines, microphones and noise. The loud music and conversations between and among parishioners during Mass should be taken outside of the church. Keeping in mind that the Lord is present in the tabernacle and meditations that each parishioner may share with the Lord, Jesus Christ must be respected.
 
Just my thoughts but respectful of many fine choirs.
 

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