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A sacrifice of praise<\/strong><\/em>
By Joseph R. Veneroso, M.M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We sacrifice little who offer God<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of our excess prosperity or time<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As if a minimum of effort would ever suffice<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To cleanse our sins or delay God\u2019s justice<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or perhaps bribe our way into heaven\u2019s favor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or, worse, bend divine will to our own.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, authentic sacrifice demands nothing less<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Than a painful, almost unthinkable loss,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An offering of our deepest longing,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our dearest possession: our truest self.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sacrifice requires something precious die<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not for destruction but for consecration<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Made holy by our willingness to let go<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not of created, much less imagined things,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When even well-intentioned promises fail<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And hopes lie smoldering in still glowing embers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, O then, when our votive offering joins<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that of Calvary where the true Lamb<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once for all bled and died in place of every Isaac everywhere<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we, from participation in this eternal oblation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From newly purified lips proclaim<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A true sacrifice of praise.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We sacrifice little who offer God
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