This is My Body by Bishop Robert Barron mentions Ita Missa Est as an apostolic commission. Ita Missa Est is Latin for Go the Mass is ended. Children and new Catholics always giggle at this, thinking we are being kicked out. Au contraire, re-think. We Catholics believe that our church is the church Jesus commissioned. He told Peter that He would build a church upon him. Catholics believe that is us. So, we are worshipping as Jesus intended. Hence, we are carrying on the work of the Apostles.
Hence, when the priest sends us out to carry on what we have heard, seen, and tasted, at Mass, we are to go out and tell everyone the Good News about Jesus. We, the people are being sent out, as Jesus sent out His Apostles.
If you meditate on "Go the Mass is ended," you should come to the conclusion that these words are as important as the words "Take this and eat of it, for this is My Body...this is My Blood."
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