At this point in our series, I would like to make a clarification: I am not giving a thorough teaching on the Mass. My aim is to try to convey the necessity of parents to teach their children about the Catholic faith – most especially the fact that Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist.
Having explored the liturgy of the Word, we will now penetrate the liturgy of the Eucharist. We begin with the Offertory, when the priest offers the bread and wine for the sacrifice. This is the time that we join with the priest in offering to God all that we are – our strengths and weaknesses, our joys and struggles; all we have done – our successes and failures; who we are and who we hope to be. We ask that God will take us and transform us by the power of His Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will change the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ.