"'Offer it up' is a phrase well-known to Catholics both young and old. It is a phrase that we often use to satirize stern teaching-sisters and good Catholic mothers alike. But, despite its worn familiarity, it is a phrase that has not yet lost its use! In Spe salvi Pope Benedict XVI said that 'offering it up' is a way that 'even the small inconveniences of daily life could acquire meaning and contribute to the economy of good and of human love' (Spe salvi, 40). Furthermore, he suggested that 'maybe we should consider whether it might be judicious to revive this practice.' Especially during this month dedicated to the remembrance of the deceased, we can make an effort to offer up our suffering on behalf of those souls in Purgatory."
In a recent commentary, Brother Finbar Kantor, O.P.,
reflected on the mystery of sanctifying our suffering by offering it up to God, acknowledging that He can bring good out of it.
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Dominicana: Offering it up for Others (24 NOV 21)
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