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→Part 1: Presentation and Preparation of the Gifts (Offertory)
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** which are reminiscent of Old Covenant sacrifice of bread and wine | ** which are reminiscent of Old Covenant sacrifice of bread and wine | ||
**and which provide "a new and definitive meaning" given by Jesus ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/338/ CCC1363]) | **and which provide "a new and definitive meaning" given by Jesus ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/338/ CCC1363]) | ||
*we may relate the Offertory to the Christ's "Agony in the Garden" of Gethsemane | |||
**giving ourselves, our wants, our sins, our will to God ("not my will but yours be done", [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/22?42 Lk 22:42]) | |||
*in the Preparation, the "Lord's table" (the altar) is made ready for the Lord's Supper | *in the Preparation, the "Lord's table" (the altar) is made ready for the Lord's Supper (the sacrifice) | ||
**from [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/338/ CCC 1333] | **from [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/338/ CCC 1333] | ||
<blockquote>At the heart of the Eucharistic celebration are the bread and wine that, by the words of Christ and the invocation of the Holy Spirit, become Christ's Body and Blood. </blockquote> | <blockquote>At the heart of the Eucharistic celebration are the bread and wine that, by the words of Christ and the invocation of the Holy Spirit, become Christ's Body and Blood. </blockquote> | ||