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What is a Mass Intention?
A Mass intention is the specific purpose for which the priest offers that particular Mass allowed by Universal Law, the Code of Canon Law (canon 946). This intention has an elevated status on account of the priest’s sacramental ordination. The priest, acting in the person of Christ Himself, brings this single intention to God in an intensified and more complete way, offering that intention along with the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ to the Father in Heaven. The Mass intention is the primary purpose and reason why that Mass is offered.
To underscore the importance of this intention, the priest himself can normally only offer one stipend intention Mass per day.
If the date requested is already taken, the intention of the Mass will be scheduled on the next available opening. The confirmed date for a scheduled Mass intention will be clearly identified in the email notification you will receive when the intention has been scheduled. If an email address is not on record, notification through the postal service will follow.