Only the Spirit can create the unity of hearts (of “spirit”) which obliterates the distinction between the Son’s self-offering and that of the Church. Now we can see, at a deep level, the really spiritual nature of Holy Mass, at work in the innermost Spirit-womb of the Church. It is a rational act of remembrance, springing from a human decision whose freedom is guaranteed by grace: in other words it is an act of contemplation. Thus prayer and sacrament form an indissoluble unity which is of the very nature of the Church.
