{"id":9908,"date":"2023-12-06T15:38:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T20:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/?p=9908"},"modified":"2023-12-07T16:52:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T21:52:32","slug":"the-hidden-depths-of-the-mass-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/the-hidden-depths-of-the-mass-18\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hidden Depths of the Mass #18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Liturgy of the Eucharist \u2013 The Offertory<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first part of the Liturgy of the Eucharist is the Offertory.&nbsp; At a Sunday Mass, two things happen concurrently while the offertory hymn is song.&nbsp; The altar is set and a collection is taken.&nbsp; The collection is not simply the church wanting money to pay its bills.&nbsp; Yes, we need the money but it is not about money.&nbsp; <strong><em>It is about doing the work of Christ.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp; In today\u2019s world, that requires money.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The offertory collection is a way of each family participating in the work of the church.&nbsp; It is part of your contribution to our mission.&nbsp; It is <em>part<\/em> of your sacrifice.&nbsp; The priest will say, \u201cPray, my brothers and sisters, <strong><em>that my sacrifice and yours<\/em><\/strong> may be acceptable to God, the Almighty Father.\u201d&nbsp; What sacrifices do you offer to God?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Liturgy of the Eucharist \u2013 The Offertory The first part of the Liturgy of the Eucharist is the Offertory.&nbsp; At a Sunday Mass, two things happen concurrently while the offertory hymn is song.&nbsp; The altar is set and a collection is taken.&nbsp; The collection is not simply the church wanting money to pay its &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/the-hidden-depths-of-the-mass-18\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;The Hidden Depths of the Mass #18&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[733],"tags":[750],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pMTPk-2zO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9908"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9909,"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9908\/revisions\/9909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}