The Offer It Up Dilemma

2021. A New Year. An old dilemma, for this Catholic at least. The news is even worse so the freshness of the New Year seems already gone. What to do? We used to hear the phrase, "Offer it Up" as kids to counter the sense of futility. Join the suffering, the pain and joy of our days, to Christ's suffering which ultimately transformed suffering itself. I am hearing the phrase again in Catholic circles again. Easier said than done, no? Reflections on the difficuilty.