Word of the Day – Oblation

• Noun:  Oblation
  1. the act of making a religious offering
     specifically, capitalized : the act of offering the eucharistic elements to God
  2. something offered in worship or devotion : a holy gift offered usually at an altar or shrine
• Synonyms:
  1. gift
  2. offering
  3. presentation
  4. sacrifice
• Usage:
  1. “We say [ Christian rulers] are happy if they rule justly; if … they are not inflated with pride, but remember that they are but men… if they do all this not for a burning desire for empty glory, but for the love of eternal blessedness; and if they do not fail to offer to their true God, as a sacrifice for their sins, the oblation of humility, compassion, and prayer… then we can call them happy in hope. “
• Encountered:
  1.  While watching the Wondrium course, Books That Matter: The City of God. A book written by St. Augustine in the early 400s that is considered one of the seminal works of Christian theology and philosophy.

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