By COLLIN ZINK, Student Reporter
Imagine worshiping God in the highest way possible.
Imagine being in the same place worshiping, where Heaven and Earth come together.
That is what the Sanctus Club does every week.
“Sanctus,” which means “Holy” in Latin, is a Catholic Club here on campus that meets every Thursday in the fall 2021 semester. Club members meet at 1 p.m. in the chapel upstairs in the Student Center across from the ballroom.
Before we celebrate Mass, we pray the Rosary. We pray the Rosary to intercede to our spiritual mother, Mary, to her son Jesus.
It’s important to know that we do not worship Mary. We honor our mother and ask her to intercede for us.
The beginning of the Mass has three readings from the Bible: a reading from the Old Testament, a reading from the Book of Psalms and a reading from one of the Gospels.
The priest gives a little sermon. Then, we get ready for the most important part of the Mass: the second part, in which Jesus becomes present.
Jesus is literally present in the chapel in the Eucharist, the bread and wine that is brought to the altar. The bread and wine is turned into the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
In other words, Jesus is on the Northwestern campus every week.
If someone is not Catholic but comes to Mass on Thursdays, they cannot receive the Eucharist, but they can receive a blessing from the priest.
Holy Mass is very important. In the words of Saint Padre Pio: “The Earth could exist more easily without the sun than without the holy sacrifice of the Mass.”
The Mass is important because our souls are fed with the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ, and we receive life within us.
Collin Zink, a Northwestern News reporter, is the president of the Sanctus Club.