there is an attendance of thousands or whether it is only a boy with his mind on other things who is there to serve. In either case, heaven and earth join with the angels of the Lord to sing: Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus …” (St Josemaría Escrivá, Christ Is Passing By, 88). The saintly Curé of Ars refers to this intercommunion of praise and thanksgiving, of grace and forgiveness: “The Holy Mass is a source of joy to all the heavenly court; it alleviates the poor souls in purgatory; it draws down to earth
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