The center of our religion

 For the early Christians, their religion and their whole life were united to the sacrifice of Jesus (...) The only Mass, celebrated in the only altar, around which all priests gathered, Christians searched for all the graces and blessings they needed for their day to day, for the happiness of their families, and the grave hours of illness and death. This should help us understand that our Mass is not something apart from our lives, but the center of our religion, and the home of all our lives as Christians.

 Tant la religió com la vida sencera dels primers cristians estava unida al sacrifici de Jesús(...) A la missa única,  celebrada en un únic altar, al voltant del qual s'aplegaven tots els preveres, els cristians hi anaven a buscar totes les gràcies i benediccions que necessitaven, pel seu dia a dia, per la felicitat de la família, i per les hores greus de la malaltia i la mort. Així ens fan entendre, que la nostra Missa no és quelcom apart de la nostra vida, sinó que és el centre de la nostra religió, i la llar de tota la nostra vida de cristians.

(Georges Chevrot:  Notre Messe, 224, Desclée de Brouwer)