offertory

As the priest then began the offertory portion of the liturgy, which often is accompanied by quiet music, the organist played a reflective piece very slowly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

A collage of photographs from his time on work experience was presented in the church as one of the offertory gifts during Requiem Mass.

From BBC ● May 17, 2025

Whidden, a tenor, sang an offertory song titled “The Anchor Holds.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2025

Documents filed with the bankruptcy court on Thursday show that COVID-19 and social distancing restrictions led to smaller offertory collections at the 135 parishes on Long Island since March.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 1, 2020

Sister read Doña Laura's note explaining that this was an offertory bank, and everyone got to work a penny in the cloud and watch the little figure rise.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

These offertories varied from the simplest, such as milk and fruits, to the costliest, such as gold and jewels.

From India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by Alexander Wilder

They consist chiefly of church music, 17 masses, besides litanies, motets, offertories, &c., being amongst the number.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

He that is intrusted with our precious souls may much more be intrusted with the offertories of faithful people.

From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Henry Nelson Coleridge

"I know he can write, for he signed a petition to uncle in favour of more frequent offertories in aid of the poor and needy," George muttered.

From A Drake by George! by John Trevena

His church music, consisting of six masses, many offertories, and the great "Hallelujah" of Klopstock, is still performed in Germany.

From The Great German Composers by George T. (George Titus) Ferris