“Receive, O Holy Father, almighty and eternal God, this spotless host, which I, Thine unworthy servant, offer unto Thee, my living and true God, for my countless sins, trespasses, and omissions; likewise for all here present, and for all faithful Christians, whether living or dead, that it may avail both me and them to salvation, unto life everlasting. Amen.”  After the brief Offertory antiphon, the priest pronounces the above prayer while he raises the paten with the host and looks to the crucifix. It is a solemn offering to God the Father. But what is being offered? It is not only the bread of the host that is being offered, but rather the “immaculate host”: the prayer anticipates the consecration of the bread to become the Body of Christ Himself. And so the priest offers the host (i.e. meaning sacrificial Victim) in reparation for his own sins, and trespasses and omissions, then for the sins of all those present (pro omnibus circumstantibus), then for the sins of all faithful Christians, both living and deceased. In saying these words, the priest is thus specifying exactly what sacrifice is being offered at the Mass: the one and only sacrifice which was offered by Jesus Christ for the redemption of all mankind from sin. The New Mass replaced that prayer with this: “Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you: fruit of the earth and work of human hands, it will become for us the bread of life.“ This omits the offering of the one true Sacrifice in reparation for the sins of mankind, and it explicitly says that what is being offered is the bread itself, which will become something vaguely termed “the bread of life.” But the true Mass, which the Church teaches us is “the unbloody Sacrifice of Calvary,” does not just offer to God the Father bread which He Himself has provided for us, as though we are gratefully making a return of bread to Him, but we offer to the Father the very Sacrifice of His Son for our redemption. That is the very Sacrifice that we offer.