In the September 2 document focusing on the environment, “ecological conversion,” and so-called “climate change,” the Theological Commission devoted an entire paragraph (Chapter 2, section 108) to describing the Mass and the Holy Eucharist as an “ecological school.” While this paragraph acknowledges that the Mass is meant to offer glory to God, it appears to diminish the Mass and the Blessed Sacrament as a means of “caring for creation.”
“From the Eucharist flows a spirituality capable of supporting and encouraging the ecological conversion that we so urgently need to undertake as a human family,” the document said. “In it, we recognize God’s gifts in nature. Our intellect opens itself to the transparency of God in creation.”
While the faithful can offer prayers for the good of the environment, the purpose of the Mass is not for our “ecological conversion.”
On the contrary, the Catholic Church teachesthat the purpose of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is to adore God, offer thanksgiving for the many graces we have received from Him, imploring His graces for ourselves and others, and to atone for the sins we have committed against Him.
“In the Eucharist, as a community of brothers and sisters, we recognize the purpose of creation and of history: to give glory to God through the offering—transfigured by his Spirit—of the gifts we have received from him, uniting ourselves to the self-giving life of the Lord Jesus,” the document continues.
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