Wise words - why Sunday Mass is so important

Sunday Mass is usually seen just as a constraint on our freedom, a rule that must be obeyed, imposed from above by "the authorities" It is seen as typical of Catholic legalism and of a culture of control, which is always telling people what they must do.
Might we not see it rather as a sign of our stable belonging in this liquid and mobile world? .... It is not an external obligation, like not being allowed to drive at more than 30mph in built-up areas. It is an expression of who one is .... Obligations express the ways in which we are rooted in abiding relationships with other people. They are signs of those enduring fidelities which give us strength and identity.
Father Timothy Radcliffe OP
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