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How can I offer my own life at Mass?

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In short: Bring your week with you. At Mass, your praise, your sufferings, your work and your prayer get united to Christ’s own offering. CCC 1368

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The Eucharist is also the sacrifice of the Church, which joins in the offering of her Head. CCC 1368

The lives of the faithful, their praise, sufferings, prayer and work, are united with Christ’s total offering. CCC 1368

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When the gifts go up, put your week on the paten in your heart: the stress, the joys, the people. He takes it all.

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1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 1368 (official text on vatican.va).

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