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An oblation is an offering, donation, gift, or sacrifice, or the act of giving an offering. Specifically, an oblation is an offering solemnly given to God. The term oblation is understood to refer more to non-bloody offerings, like Cain’s over Abel’s; the firstfruits offering is an obvious oblation «and the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. », (Exodus 23:16). So, an offering of meat would be a sacrifice, an offering of grains or fruit would be an oblation, and an offering of liquid (wine or oil) would be a libation, although the three could be combined (as in cakes of oil and flour) or offered together. The word oblation comes from the Latin oblatus, meaning “sacrifice,” and is etymologically related to offering.
In the early Catholic Church, people would give an oblation of bread. Some of the bread would be consecrated for the Eucharist, while the rest was given to the poor or kept for the clergy. Even today, the Catholic Church speaks of Eucharistic Oblation: at the Mass, the priest consecrates the bread and wine, and they supposedly become the body and blood of Christ. The priest then literally offers “the Victim” to the Father as an oblation, and the Father in turn gives the oblation back to the congregants to “receive” Christ and become “united” with Him. The liturgy of the Eucharist includes a prayer of oblation in which participants pledge to surrender themselves to God as a living sacrifice.
An oblation can also refer to people’s offering of themselves. In Roman Catholicism, a layperson or clergy member can choose to serve a specific monastic order, maintaining a private life but vowing to follow the rules of the order as clo
Aspiring individuals who wish to live a monastic life as fully as possible are known as oblates. Oblates have the option to live within the monastery and engage in monastic activities, yet they are not bound by formal vows and can depart whenever they choose. Historically, an oblate could also refer to a child who was committed by their parents to a monastic lifestyle.
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