Why do Catholics say that their worship, the Mass, is a sacrifice. The sacrifices of the Hebrew Bible are ended. Christ was the last sacrifice. Do you think that you are sacrificing, killing, Jesus every time you celebrate your Mass?
Jesus is the last sacrifice. He has died once and for all. He will not die again. In the Mass we "represent" the death of Christ. In a way that transcends time, we make present the one sacrifice of Christ.
Again in a way that transcends time, through faith, we believe that we can unite all the sacrifices we make during the week with the sacrifice of Jesus. Our sacrifices are the struggle to resist sin, to strive to love our enemies, to have hope in the midst of fear and despair. We come to Mass to offer our sacrifices to the one sacrifice of Christ that is make present again in the Mass.
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