“God is absolute benignity.”

God is very kind to us. How do we know this? Because He lets us cooperate in His saving work.

Noah, in days of old, was granted the privilege of building an Ark by which to save humanity from the flood.

Moses was privileged to give the law to the chosen people.

Judith was privileged to save Israel from an invader.

Esther was privileged to thwart a plot to wipe out the Jews.

Samuel was privileged to anoint David as King.

All these men and women were given privileges by God, to cooperate in salvation history and point towards Christ. Now that we are at Christ, the apex of history, we are given better (Colossians 2:17) privileges.

We have the privilege of spreading God's salvation to the ends of the Earth (Matthew 28:18-20).

We have the privilege of being persecuted and suffering (Luke 6:20-26); thereby “filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ”(Colossians 1:24).

But most of all, we have the privilege of participating on the one event in all history that matters most, the sacrifice of Christ. Through the Mass, we have a chance to participate in (Paragraph 1348) that one saving work of God. We reach across time to make present (Paragraph 1366) the one sacrifice (Paragraph 1367) of Christ. God gives us the opportunity to be united (Paragraph 1368) with the greatest work of history, our own redemption.

Further Reading: God saves Israel from starvation not by having food grow, but by using His servant Jacob (Genesis 45).