Roman Catholic Quotations On The Mass
From The What and Why of Catholicism with the Imprimatur of the late Cardinal Spellman: "The Sacrifice of the Mass forms a pivot upon which all else turns. If it is what Catholics believe it is, then here is the greatest external manifestation of the love of God for man and the most magnificent testimonial to the validity of Catholicism; but if it be false, it is the worse farce and blasphemy every perpetrated upon God or man, and the Catholic faith collapses into nothingness."
From St. Peter's Catechism, (1972),page 48: "The Mass is a real sacrifice because in it a Victim is offered by a priest for the purpose of reconciling man with God."
From 7he Catholic Catechism, John Hardon (1975): "The sacrifice on the altar is no mere commemoration of Calvary, but a true and proper act of sacrifice whereby Christ, the high priest, by an unbloody immolation offers himself a most acceptable victim to the eternal father, as he did on the cross."
From A Catholic Dictionary of Theology, Volume I. page 9: "Let any crumb of the Holy Body which falls to the ground be searched for and if it be found, let the place be scraped should it be of earth and the dust therefrom mixed with water and given to the faithful as a draught of blessing."