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The Catholic Talk Show

10 Things You Didn't Know About The Catholic Mass

The Catholic Talk Show

The Catholic Talk Show

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Christianity

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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In this episode of The Catholic Talk Show, Ryan, Ryan, & Fr. Michael share things you may not have known about The Catholic Mass 00:00 Introduction to the Holy Mass 02:52 The Meaning Behind 'Mass' and Liturgy 05:19 Understanding the Bible Readings in Mass 10:51 The Role of the Priest in the Mass 13:48 The Eucharist: Not a Re-Crucifixion 18:28 The Timelessness of the Mass 23:13 The Divine Presence in the Liturgy 25:43 The Significance of Water and Wine 28:04 The Mystical Union with Christ 30:15 The Sign of Peace 33:51 Understanding the Altar's Significance 37:33 Relics and the Continuity of Faith 40:33 The Supernatural Nature of the Mass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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1:10.9

Speaking of time, I've been workshopping this.

1:13.8

That line for weeks.

1:16.5

So look, we've all been to mass

1:18.2

hundreds of times,

1:20.9

thousands, potentially however old you are.

1:24.2

And you go there,

1:25.5

you celebrate mass, you go home.

1:29.8

You either are enriched or you're not paying attention, or you, but there's so many things that happen during Mass,

1:32.8

and there's reasons.

1:33.8

Us Catholics do not do things for no reason.

1:36.8

Everything is thought through for hundreds of thousands

1:39.8

or hundreds or thousands of years of tradition,

1:42.3

of reason, of symbology. And we're going to explain some of those things here today. Now, before we get started, if you're watching this, click, like, and subscribe. It's the easiest thing that you can do to help us. It's no secret. That's how you can help us. And if you want to support us, you go to Catholic Talkshow.com forward slash Patreon. See all the different tiers we have. and it allows us to continue to make the show and get down here to Panama City Beach and

2:04.2

have all these lights and get the shows out to you.

2:07.3

So we appreciate it.

2:08.1

So the first one is, I think this is the easiest one to start on.

2:14.4

Why is it even called mass?

2:16.5

Where does that word come from?

2:17.6

Why do we call it Mass?

2:18.9

Yeah, it's one of those ones I think that most Catholics,

2:23.0

even who've been going to Mass their whole life.

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