Welcome to our third episode of the Catholic Mass series.

Last week we saw what we are meant to gain from the Mass, the Four Ends, or what do we and God get out of it?

Today, we'll see why it is so important that we have a liturgy at all.

And so what do we mean when we say liturgy?

What is the reason for people gathering together to perform a religious ceremony?

Is it something that we do naturally as humans?

Or is it something that God himself has told us to do?

And also, we'll explain what all this has to do with a bunch of pagan, rich,

patriotic, Greek men in the time before Christ. On SSpxpodcast.com slash mass, you'll be able to find

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on a regular basis. Now, let's join Father William McGilvery for the Catholic Mass, episode

three. Father McGilvery, it's always good to have you. Thanks for joining us for this

liturgy series. How have you been lately? Very well, thanks, Andrew. Well, it's always good to have you. Thanks for joining us for this liturgy series. How have you been

lately? Very well, thanks, Andrew. Well, it's the end of the school you hear. This is actually our

last day of school. Oh, great. Yeah, so very excited about that. We have graduation ceremony this

Saturday. And then, yeah, it's a time when actually my classes are over.

I have still a little bit of grading the left to do, but at the same time, I'm juggling

a few projects, which are very interesting in themselves.

Obviously, the podcast that I've prepared for the liturgy series, at the same time, we have

teachers meetings at the end of the school year. And I've prepared a presentation

for the teachers on the relation between grammar and philosophy. Because I teach philosophy

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