Simple things I don't understand about Catholicism
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anon90438963
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First thing in the morning, say the Morning Offering:
Oh, my Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the work, in atonement for my sins and the sins of others and for the intentions of your Sacred Heart.
This way, you have offered up everything that you do and that happens to you that day. Offering up means that you’ve intentionally given yourself completely to God. By doing so, you acknowledge his Lordship over you, so it is an act of praise. And you let go of control of your own life, so it is a sacrifice. Offering yourself in this way brings tremendous graces upon you because you are saying “yes” to God’s will, and it atones for your sin and that of others.
The Morning Offering also tells God you desire to cooperate with his grace. God will take the lead to show you how, although for the majority of people this is a lifetime process. Let God lead.
Oh, my Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the work, in atonement for my sins and the sins of others and for the intentions of your Sacred Heart.
This way, you have offered up everything that you do and that happens to you that day. Offering up means that you’ve intentionally given yourself completely to God. By doing so, you acknowledge his Lordship over you, so it is an act of praise. And you let go of control of your own life, so it is a sacrifice. Offering yourself in this way brings tremendous graces upon you because you are saying “yes” to God’s will, and it atones for your sin and that of others.
The Morning Offering also tells God you desire to cooperate with his grace. God will take the lead to show you how, although for the majority of people this is a lifetime process. Let God lead.
Tis_Bearself
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I do it to save sinners, for the Pope and to make reparation to Jesus. Same reasons the Fatima children did it, having been asked by Mary to do this.
If I get personally sanctified in the process, that’s an added bonus granted to me by God’s mercy. I don’t offer up stuff thinking of myself, it’s for the poor souls or for some intention or just to make reparation to Jesus for man’s sins.
You just say, “Jesus, I offer up (describe whatever pain, annoyance, disappointment, grief, other bad feeling or happening you are offering up) for (describe what you’re offering it up for)”
Or you can skip the description and just let him apply it to whatever.
Then you try to bear whatever it is without complaining or being upset.
Jesus, I offer up my bad grief and anxiety to help poor souls in Purgatory.
Jesus, I offer up the fact that the traffic is going so slowly and will make me late to church when I wanted to be on time. I offer up my frustration. I’m trying not to be impatient. Please help me.
Jesus, I offer up the fact that I really wanted dessert tonight and bought one at the takeout and then when I got home discovered they didn’t put it in the bag and it’s too late to go back now because they’re closed. I’m really frustrated and unhappy about this, Jesus, because I paid and everything, but I will try to bear it patiently if you could please use my sacrifice to help someone else like a sinner who needs help. Dear Jesus, this is a small thing I know but it really seems like a big deal to me right now because I had such a bad day and was really looking forward to that dessert. So I figure maybe it is worth letting one soul out of Purgatory. Could you do that please Jesus? Thank you.
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If I get personally sanctified in the process, that’s an added bonus granted to me by God’s mercy. I don’t offer up stuff thinking of myself, it’s for the poor souls or for some intention or just to make reparation to Jesus for man’s sins.
You just say, “Jesus, I offer up (describe whatever pain, annoyance, disappointment, grief, other bad feeling or happening you are offering up) for (describe what you’re offering it up for)”
Or you can skip the description and just let him apply it to whatever.
Then you try to bear whatever it is without complaining or being upset.
Jesus, I offer up my bad grief and anxiety to help poor souls in Purgatory.
Jesus, I offer up the fact that the traffic is going so slowly and will make me late to church when I wanted to be on time. I offer up my frustration. I’m trying not to be impatient. Please help me.
Jesus, I offer up the fact that I really wanted dessert tonight and bought one at the takeout and then when I got home discovered they didn’t put it in the bag and it’s too late to go back now because they’re closed. I’m really frustrated and unhappy about this, Jesus, because I paid and everything, but I will try to bear it patiently if you could please use my sacrifice to help someone else like a sinner who needs help. Dear Jesus, this is a small thing I know but it really seems like a big deal to me right now because I had such a bad day and was really looking forward to that dessert. So I figure maybe it is worth letting one soul out of Purgatory. Could you do that please Jesus? Thank you.
Et cetera
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guanophore
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Jesus brings suffering into what we can call “a new dimension,” the dimension of love, salvific love.
When we offer our suffering to God, and join it to the sufferings of Christ, the suffering can be used to purify us. God uses the pain to develop the character of Christ in our souls, so we can become the people He created us to be.
This is a lifelong process that begins in Baptism. At each step in life, we make choices according to God’s will (rather than the world, the flesh, and the devil. We know we are cooperating if the fruit of the Spirit is growing in us.
For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For whoever lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. 10 Therefore, brethren, be the more zealous to confirm your call and election, for if you do this you will never fall; 11 so there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.2
eter 1:8If we are increasing in the virtues, we are cooperating with grace.
Grace is infused into us through the Sacraments. Our part is to work out what is at work within us.
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