Oh, Dearest Mother, Sweetest Virgin of Altagracia, our Patroness. You are our Advocate and to you we recommend our needs. You are our Teacher and like disciples we come to learn from the example of your holy life. You are our Mother, and like children, we come to offer you all of the love of our hearts. Receive, dearest Mother, our offerings and listen attentively to our supplications. Amen.



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Posted: March 08 2006 at 9:40pm | IP Logged Quote KC in TX

I feel so dumb asking this, but it's been such a puzzle for me. I've always loved being a Catholic, but realized just in the past 2 years how lukewarm I have been. I'm so ignorant!!

Can someone please walk through their thought processes throughout the day when they offer the day up to God?

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Posted: March 09 2006 at 3:56pm | IP Logged Quote Sarah

If you start your day with the "A Morning Offering" (a prayer), then all that you do that day, whether you are conscious of it at the time is offered up.

While I am not a good example of patient suffering and holiness, I think you would simply say to yourself, "this is for you, Jesus," or something similar when you are doing anything.

Ask your Guardian Angel to remind you.

But don't forget that Morning Offering because it covers all the bases throughout the day. Its basically saying that you are willing to accept all that happens to you that day-good and bad, and offer it to God.

I'm sure someone out there could do this topic better justice than I have. Thanks for bringing it up.

An example, but there are many forms--

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Posted: March 09 2006 at 8:09pm | IP Logged Quote Rachel May

I usually only remember to offer up pain. When I do that, I usually say, "Lord, I offer up this pain for...." When I don't have a specific urgent prayer intention it goes for the Holy Souls in Purgatory.

I remember my first Divine Mercy Novena. The day we did was for lukewarm souls. What a shock to see that I would be vomitted out! That was quite a motivation to put my house in order.   

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Posted: March 09 2006 at 10:12pm | IP Logged Quote saintanneshs

Hi KC,
I'm a former cradle lukewarm-er too. Since so much is very new to me, I'm taking baby steps which I'm hoping will at least put me on the path to the big ones! Lots of great faith-based literature and a Catholic Moms study group is helping me take those steps.

For offering things up, which I just discovered you could do (about a year or so ago) the kids and I say a morning prayer we've come up with, sort of a child-sized Morning Offering. I'm planning to have us memorize the formal prayer this year but I love our homemade one so much, it will be hard to choose between the 2. I could post our prayer if you want to hear it. I tend to forget to offer all the little things up individually, so I think our morning prayer just about covers it.

I do remember to offer up any sufferings individually, like labor or when we all had the stomach flu, just praying in quiet moments that I would do my best to accept the pain and unite it to Christ's suffering, for the sake of others. Usually when I remember to offer it up I'm not focusing too clearly on who the pain is for, so I just tell God to make it for whoever needs it most, esp. for the Holy Souls in Purgatory.

I thought it was funny how my 6yods, who notices and hears everything, narrated on the day after Ash Wednesday that we were "...offering up chocolate for Lent and saying a bunch of prayers to God so he'd know He was the most important in our lives." I know the chocolate is his sacrifice, but can it also be "offered up?" I think it's the right idea, but is that how you say it???

Someone in our moms group from church once told me that you can offer up any little sacrifice or trial, enduring it as well as possible and as joyfully as possible, all for the sake of someone else.

Now I hear you can offer up each mass but I'm not sure what you say or think in that instance...I'm hoping someone will address that here.

I hope this sort-of answers your question. I am SURE there will be lots of veteran moms who can do much better with this one than I can. I just didn't want you to think you were the only one who needed a talk-through....me too!

So thanks for asking, and don't feel dumb...we're LEARNING!    

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Posted: March 09 2006 at 10:53pm | IP Logged Quote KC in TX

Sarah and Rachel--

Thank you so much for responding. You have really helped me get a grasp for what this entails mentally.

Kristine, Thank you for walking me through this. Your answers was great. I just felt so uncertain about it. I would love to hear your morning offering.




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Posted: March 11 2006 at 10:41am | IP Logged Quote saintanneshs

KC, I pm'ed the prayer to you!

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Posted: March 15 2006 at 10:01pm | IP Logged Quote Helen

Our Lady of Fatima asked for sacrifice and "offering up".The angel St. Michael prepared the children in 1916, the year before Our Lady's visit. In St. Michael's Second Apparition he asks the children to start offering sacrifices. In 1917Our Lady appears six times. She teaches them to pray the Rosary and to offer sacrifice and say: "For the love of God, the conversion of sinners and sins against the Immaculate Heart of Mary."
THe Ewtn site is great for information on Our Lady of Fatima.

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