How to Best Celebrate Mass at Home

Wondering how you can make watching Catholic Mass online feel special? Whether it’s a holiday or a normal weekday Mass, here are ways to prepare for a live stream or recorded online service. Start putting together a routine that works for you!

• Create your space. You can dress up your outfit if you want, but step and dress up your surroundings, too. Gather a candle, flowers, your Bible, a cross or religious art to make your environment feel ready for worship.

• Remove distractions. It’s not just kids that find their eyes and minds wandering. Be sure to turn off electronics and disable notifications on the device you’re using to watch Mass. Consider putting food and drink aside. Focus on the items in your space, like a candle, if you need to recenter yourself during Mass.

• Carve out some quiet time. Prepare yourself by having a few minutes of silence before Mass begins.

• Be intentional. When you’re getting ready for Mass at home, always have an intention going into Mass. Ask for the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary.

• Join in. People watching live-streams of Catholic Mass online can participate by joining in parts of the service such as the responsorial. This can help in immense ways! You might feel silly at first, but it will help keep you engaged with His word.

How you spend your time outside of Mass can affect your experience as well. In addition to prayer (which is also an encounter with God!), reading spiritual books or revisiting homilies can bring you peace or offer meaningful reflection until the next time you tune in.

Act of Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.

I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul.

Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart.

I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You.

Never permit me to be separated from You.

Amen