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Fr. Fessio Explains Why We Call the Mass, “The Mass”

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December 12, 2025
We all call the Liturgy of the Eucharist, the “Mass” but many of us don’t know why. . . . So Fr. Fessio explains this term and the other terms used to identify this sacrament.

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