"Offer it up" may have been a little corny, but there was wisdom behind it. There is grace in the idea that we can connect our sufferings (in big and little ways) with those of the human family. I think that's part of what Pope Francis is calling us to, to help us get past our western insularism and understand that the path to Christ inevitably leads to solidarity with  the poor and marginalized of the world.

Compare that to Trump-era America, where the ethos is "Screw the rest of the world as long as I got mine." No redemptive suffering for this bunch, just incessant anger.