Leviticus 1 1 And the Lord called Moses, and spoke to him from the tabernacle of the testimony, saying: 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man among you that shall offer to the Lord a sacrifice of the cattle, that is, offering victims of oxen and sheep, 3 If his offering be a holocaust, and of the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish, at the door of the testimony, to make the Lord favourable to him:
[3] "A holocaust": That is, a whole burnt offering (olokauston), so called, because the whole victim was consumed with fire; and given in such manner to God as wholly to evaporate, as it were, for his honour and glory; without having any part of it reserved for the use of man. The other sacrifices in the Old Testament were either offerings for sin, or peace offerings: and these latter again were either offered in thanksgiving for blessings received; or by way of prayer for new favours or graces. So that sacrifices were then offered to God for four different ends or intentions, answerable to the different obligations which man has to God: 1. By way of adoration, homage, praise, and glory due to his divine majesty. 2. By way of thanksgiving for all benefits received from him. 3. By way of confessing and craving pardon for sins. 4. By way of prayer and petition for grace and relief in all necessities. In the New Law we have but one sacrifice, viz., that of the body and blood of Christ: but this one sacrifice of the New Testament perfectly answers all these four ends; and both priest and people, as often as it is celebrated, ought to join in offering it up for these four ends.
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In our preparation for the Holy Holocaust, remember to pray before it begins by uniting ourselves with the four ends of the Holy Holocaust/Divine Liturgy/ Mass which Jesus offers through the Priest:
The four sacrifices in the Holocaust of the Mass/Divine Liturgy
1. The Holocaust Sacrifice offered to God is an
offering to His sovereign greatness.
2. The Sacrifice of Propitiation offered to appease
His Justice.
3. The Sacrifice of Impetration offered to implore
His bounty.
4. The Eucharistic Sacrifice offered to thank Him for
his bounty.
The Divine Liturgy/Mass is a Holy Holocaust which
the One True Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic
Church offers to God as an offering to His greatness
and power; a sacrifice of propitiation to appease His
Justice; a sacrifice of impetration to solicit His
bounty; and a Eucharistic sacrifice offered to Him in
thanksgiving for all of His favors.
The Holy Holocaust demands a spirit of humility, the
sacrifice of expiation, a spirit of penance,
compunction, and penitence; the sacrifice of
impetration, a spirit of fervor and submission; the
Eucharistic sacrifice and a spirit of love and
gratitude.
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