offertory
Derivation
- Latin: offero, to offer up
Article
- that part of the Mass in which the unconsecrated bread and wine are offered to God
- the oblation itself
- the prayers that accompany this offering
- the verse or antiphon that forms a part of the proper of the Mass which is sung by the choir while the priest is making the offering
MLA Citation
- “offertory”. New Catholic Dictionary. CatholicSaints.Info. 23 March 2010. Web. 20 April 2021. <http://catholicsaints.info/offertory/>