Catholics often say we can offer our suffering as a sacrifice to God in exchange for salvation for ourselves and others. At the same time, we are told that salvation is a free gift from God. Are these two sayings contradictory?
When Catholics offer our sacrifices, the more correct terminology is we offer them to make reparation or restitution for our sins and the sins of others. Sometimes we may say we offer our sacrifices to help to save somebody, which is often shorten to for the salvation of souls.
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