@tim41610: During the Offertory of the Mass, the bread and wine are not the only gifts being brought forward. According to the private revelation of the Bolivian mystic Catalina Rivas (whose writings on the Mass received an imprimatur from her bishop), a hidden procession unfolds at that moment. As the gifts are prepared, guardian angels rise from beside each person present. They move down the aisle toward the altar, some carrying golden vessels filled with radiant light. Our Lady explained that these are the angels of those who consciously offer their joys, sorrows, hopes, sufferings, and intentions. Others arrive empty-handed—the angels of those present in body but offering nothing. Still others come last, sad and downcast: the angels of those who attend out of mere obligation, with no desire to participate. Mary told Catalina that this is the moment when our guardian angel carries our offerings and petitions before the altar of the Lord, and that we should be generous because the Mass has infinite value. This vision echoes older mystical insights. St. Gertrude the Great saw the Heart of Jesus as a golden altar upon which guardian angels placed the prayers and good works of those in their care, while saints offered their merits. Padre Pio, who often lingered long at the Offertory with eyes fixed on the Crucifix, taught that this is the moment when the soul is separated from all that is worldly, and he urged his spiritual children to send their guardian angel to the altar with their intentions. The Offertory is not a pause between the Liturgy of the Word and the Consecration. It is the Church’s preparation of the sacrifice—bread, wine, and ourselves—united to Christ’s own offering. What we place in our angel’s hands in those few minutes is carried into the one Sacrifice of Calvary made present on the altar. Credit to Totus Tuus

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