The following is provided by LifeTeen.com and reproduced here to help you find new habits when watching Mass from home during this difficult time. Credit: Rachel Penate

Participating in the Mass Remotely: A How-To

Just as you would prepare your mind, body, and heart for Mass on any given Sunday, it is strongly encouraged that you don’t let these good habits of preparation go during this time. Here are a few tips for full participation of daily or Sunday Mass via digital streaming.

Prior to Mass Starting

1. Pray and read the readings ahead of time. You can find the daily readings here.
2. Engage in discussion about the readings. Consider reading and discussing the readings with your family at home (or friends over the phone or online).
3.  Choose a live stream or Mass recording to watch.
4. Get dressed. Maybe not necessarily in your “Sunday Best,” but definitely out of your pajamas.
5. Invite others to join. Plan to pray with your family, but if they will not join you, try to virtually loop in some friends via FaceTime or Facebook Messenger.
6. Bring a journal. Have a journal and pen, and be ready to write any of your thoughts, reflections, or prayers as you go through the Mass. This can be a great way to organize your prayer and remain engaged throughout the live stream of the Mass.
7. Set the scene. Do what you can to create a space set apart for prayer — of course, you’ll have your computer, streaming the Mass, but consider lighting a few candles, and if you have any sacred images or statues around the house, bring them into the space you’ll be praying in. If you don’t have any, try to print some out, or organize your screen in a way that lets you look at sacred images, while you see the live stream of the Mass.

During Mass

1. Participate in all the Responses. Remember the Mass is a prayer. Even if you are not physically present at church, the prayers of the Mass are universal and translate across all time and space.
2. Make an Act of Spiritual Communion:

After Mass

1. Continue giving to your Church (or start if you don’t already!). If you and/or your family can afford to continue (or even increase) your tithe to the church at this time, find a way to continue that tithe online. Despite being "closed", parishes’ operating costs do not change at this time. Tithing helps them to keep their buildings running and their employees paid.