Oblations

God and communion with God: You shall not pollute my holy name with your vain oblations, Isa. i. ❋ Unknown (1721)

Bring me no more of these empty, noisy, vain oblations, ch. i. ❋ Unknown (1721)

This is that which God requires, and without which the most costly services are vain oblations; this is more than all burnt-offerings and sacrifices. ❋ Unknown (1721)

The people were so far convinced of their duty that they would bring sacrifices; they durst not wholly omit the duty, but they brought vain oblations, mocked ❋ Unknown (1721)

13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. ❋ Unknown (1721)

Distinct from the oblations were the collectæ, which were likewise natural products, but which were handed in on certain fast days immediately before the reading of the epistle. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Oblations be prayers, alms-deeds, or any work of charity; these be all called oblations to God. ❋ Unknown (1906)

Oblations be prayers, alms-deeds, or any work of charity: these be all called oblations to God. ❋ Hugh Latimer (1858)

These presents were called oblations; and the records preceding Magna Charta, and for some time after, are full of them. ❋ Edmund Burke (1763)

But in that case, the offerings "oblations" as distinct from "alms" and "offerings" in the 1928 BCP are the bread and wine. ❋ Fr Timothy Matkin (2007)

The rites employed among the clam-diggers on the New York coast, the witch-charms they use, the incantations, cutting of flesh, fire-oblations, meaningless formulae, united with sacrosanct expressions of the church, are all on a par with the religion of the lower classes as depicted in Theocritus and the Atharvan. ❋ Edward Washburn Hopkins (1894)

The bread and wine of the Eucharist were now supplied by the worshippers, who made "oblations" according to their ability, [485: 5] as well for the support of the ministers of the Church, as for the celebration of its ordinances. ❋ Unknown (1854)

"oblations" (usually in the plural number) came to mean in Canon Law any property, real or personal, made over to the Church. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

"oblations" referred to by Field in the old canon of the Mass, have meant the alms, offerings always given at the Eucharist? ❋ Henry Nelson Coleridge (1820)

The second vigiliary Office began towards daybreak and ended with the solemn Mass which the Pope was to celebrate with all the splendour of the Roman rite, celeberrime, says Benedict the Canon, further adding that the oblations placed by the faithful on the altar of St Paul served to recompense the clergy who had been present at the ceremony. ❋ John (2009)

“Leading staffers in prayer” might not have been a bad idea, but in our White House speechwriting office it never happened — unless it was the practice to get the morning oblations out of the way before I showed up. ❋ Unknown (2007)

1. “God damn, [Amy Schumer] is so Oblate.” 2. “The Earth is not flat, but also not a perfect [sphere]; it is actually an Oblate [Spheroid].” ❋ Becauseimapotato (2018)