Daily Eucharistic Blessings

Bert Ghezzi's book THE POWER OF DAILY MASS is a short but very inspiring book. I highly recommend it. Bert Ghezzi interviewed his fellow daily Mass attendees and asked them how daily Mass attendance affects their lives. The interviewees all had different but beautiful perspectives to share.

At different times in my life I have attended daily Mass for a few weeks or months at a time. One particular time I had started a new job in a very hostile environment. It was during my first technical writing job where the majority of the employees were ex- or retired Army and Air Force. The employees were vicious and hostile toward each other, on one particar day two employees got into a screaming match and almost came to blows during a team meeting. Nobody seemed to think it was unusual. It got so bad that I’d wake up in the morning dreading the screaming matches and cursing that lay ahead for the day.

I became so anxiety-ridden while getting ready for the day that I decided to start attending 6 a.m. Mass every day before I went to work. It was still dark out when I’d drive into the church parking lot. The Mass was not as long as Sunday Masses but I felt comforted by the beautiful solemnity, peace, and joy during those early weekday Masses. Receiving the Eucharist daily was especially fortifying spiritually and emotionally. When I’d get in my car and drive to work I felt girded spiritually and emotionally for whatever lay ahead of me that day.

Daily Mass attendance is definitely a game changer spiritually.

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