
St. Polycarp
Catholic Saints
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The Importance of Sacrifice
There's a Eucharistic theme as well towards the end. The author wants us to show that he himself is the sacrifice. He's the ram and he has this beautiful prayer of, you know, he offers himself and his anointing. So just as bread is transformed by his hands into Christ or was, so his life is being transformed into a imitation of Christ offering.
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