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“Christ’s sacrifice is the same in each mass, wherever, whenever. All we do is repeat the offering of THE MASS, the renewal of the celebration, the commemoration, the remembrance, the celebration of the ONE-TIME sacrifice.”

And here exactly is where Rome’s error (and yours) is shown.

“We.” if Christ is the only acceptable sacrifice, how can *we* DO anything? If *we* present his sacrifice again, on what basis could it ever be received? God says that all of our works are as dirty rags. How can that not taint this “representation?”

Clue: Christ’s sacrifice is done, complete and finished. It does not need representation; to do so is to deny its sufficiency. To claim His death requires anything like renewal is to claim that once is not enough. Besides, how can one claim, “Christ’s sacrifice is the same in every Mass” and still say that his sacrifice was one time only??? Non-sequitor.

Sorry. But there is no logic to your claim or explanation.

Hoss

Christ's sacrifice is the same in each mass, wherever, whenever. All we do is repeat the offering of THE MASS, the renewal of the celebration, the commemoration, the remembrance, the celebration of the ONE-TIME sacrifice. Christ is not offered again and again, but He has already offered Himself once and the mass has THAT one-time sacrifice as it's sacrifice.

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This is the timeline -- we exist on and in this timeline. To us event A happened before event B. Event A can never happen again.

However, God does not exist on this timeline, God sees everything as an eternal NOW, so to give a comparison it's like looking at the line from one end -- it becomes just a point, a point at which A and B are together.

As Heb 10:18 says, our sins have been forgiven, there is no more offering for sin. Christ is not still impaled or suffering for our sins. --> the event we see has ended.

In heaven, what is seen is as described in Revelations. We witness that heavenly scene and witness that ONE-time event, the sacrifice, we participate in that ONE-time event.

Sorry. But there is no logic to your claim or explanation.

SOP for the Vatican AIWSOTARM.