Why We Start the Mass with Holy Water - The Catholic Mass - Episode 22

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🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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We’re continuing the section of the podcast series where we will go step by step through the Mass to look at the various sections and rubrics of the Liturgy. Today we’ll look at the beginning part of the Mass – but we won’t look immediately at the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar, like you might think. Before we do that in this episode, we’ll start by learning about the Asperges, the blessing of the church, the priest and ministers, and the faithful with Holy Water, as is done on every Sunday’s sung Mass. Why do we have this special ceremony? What is it about Holy Water that is so important? https://angeluspress.org/products/the-life-of-st-francis-de-sales

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0:00.0	Today we're continuing the section of the podcast series where we'll go step by step through the Mass to look at the various sections and the rubrics of the liturgy.
0:14.0	Today we'll look at the beginning part of the Mass, but we're not going to look immediately at the prayers of the foot of the altar like you might think.
0:21.6	Before we do that in this episode, we're going to instead start by learning about the asparagus
0:26.1	or the blessing of the church, the priests, and the ministers, and the faithful with the holy water,
0:31.0	as is done on every Sunday's sung mass.
0:33.9	Why do we have this special ceremony?
0:36.0	What is it about holy Water that's so important?
0:39.0	On SSpXpodcast.com slash mass, you'll be able to find all of these episodes, videos, and resources.
0:44.6	This is free to listen to, but please do consider a one-time or a small monthly recurring donation.
0:49.4	And please consider leaving a rating and a review on the podcast.
0:52.4	This will make sure that more people can find these episodes
0:54.5	and discover the beauty and the truth of traditional Catholicism.
0:58.5	So now, let's join Father Paul Robinson for episode 22,
1:02.8	why we start the Mass with Holy Water.
1:05.7	Father Robinson, it is great to have you back,
1:07.9	and we're recording this on the Monday before this goes live on Friday.
1:12.2	So happy inauguration day and happy freezing cold day in Denver.
1:16.9	Yes, thank you, Andrew.
1:18.2	It's getting up to a balmy five degrees here today.
1:21.4	That's the high.
1:22.7	Started off at negative five.
1:24.6	So, yeah, I'm glad we're doing this indoors and not outdoors.
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