“Doesn't the Mass sacrifice Jesus all over again every time?”

The Eucharist — Christ giving himself for us

🛡️The Church's answer: Christ's sacrifice on the cross happened once in history and is complete. The Mass adds no new sacrifice and does not put Jesus to death again. By the power of the Holy Spirit that one Paschal mystery is made sacramentally present, and the Church shares in Christ's offering of himself.

🧐If they press further: “So it's a memorial service where we think back to something that happened long ago?” — It goes deeper than recollecting in your mind. On the strength of Christ's promise, the Church believes that the fruit of that one saving event is really given to us today.

✨In one sentence: “The Mass doesn't repeat the cross — it lets us share sacramentally, today, in Christ's once-for-all sacrifice.”