E SACRIFICE OF THE MASS
E SACRIFICE OF THE MASS
E SACRIFICE OF THE MASS
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CHAPTER the ELEVENTH.<br />
PART <strong>THE</strong> SECOND.<br />
The Offertory to the Canon.<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>OF</strong>FERTORY.<br />
<strong>THE</strong> Offertory is an antiphon : it once was probably<br />
a psalm or a collection of psalms, which used to be sung<br />
while the faithful made their offerings of bread and<br />
wine for the Mass, or of gifts for the use of the clergy.<br />
The offerings of bread and wine for the Mass by<br />
the faithful began to fall into disuse about the year<br />
1000, but the Offertory and its name are still retained.<br />
At the Offertory we see the oblation of bread and<br />
wine by the priest, made after the recitation of the<br />
antiphon just mentioned. The Church does not really<br />
offer bread and wine absolutely and in themselves, the<br />
Church offers them that Christ may convert them into<br />
His own Body and Blood.<br />
The antiphon at the Offertory, or as the Missal<br />
terms it, "the<br />
Offertory," has necessarily nothing<br />
whatever to do with the oblation which it precedes.<br />
Thus, on the Fourth Sunday in Advent, the Offertory<br />
is the first part of the Hail Mary. The Offertory varies
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