Why sacrifice? (Catholic perspectives on sacrifice and suffering)(Cover Story) From: U.S. Catholic | Date: January 1, 1998| Author: Gudorf, Christine | COPYRIGHT 1998 Claretian Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Sacrifices must be made for morally worthwhile ends in order to be efficacious. Sacrifice and suffering should not be sought for their own sake, since such an interpretation perverts God's intentions. Christ's suffering, performed for the goal of human redemption, exemplifies this.

Sacrifice was certainly a central factor in the Catholic spirituality of my youth. We attended the "sacrifice of the Mass" daily. Sacrifice was not only strongly suggested as the appropriate response ...

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