Catholic Mass Online: Is it Good or Bad?

Catholics are a sacramental people. We experience the supernatural through what is natural—we encounter the invisible God by means of what is present to our senses. God so loved the world that He sent His Son in the flesh. Though there are many good ways to stay in contact with our God, nothing is quite the same as being present to God in the flesh.

Over these last few years, many Catholic parishes have accelerated their adoption of technological resources by leaps and bounds. This will serve the Church well as we seek to preach the Gospel to all nations. Yet when it comes to the liturgy, we are dealing with something sensory—something “incarnational.” The Incarnation—that Holy Presence in the flesh—cannot be live-streamed or recorded.