Mass without a congregation

April 5, 2020
E. L. Gelhaar
Millbrae
 
The priests’ reactions to celebrating a Mass without a congregation reminded me of what a priest friend of mine said back in the Korean War days when somebody asked him whether it was OK for a priest to celebrate Mass alone.
 
No, he said, but a priest never celebrates Mass alone. When a priest celebrates Mass there are always ten thousand angels on his right hand and 10,000 angels on his left hand.
 

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