The Lamb’s Supper
The Mass as Heaven on Earth
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hahn, Scott.
The lamb’s supper: the Mass as heaven on Earth / by Scott Hahn.
—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Mass—Celebration. 2. Bible. N.T. Revelation—Criticism, interpretation, etc. I. Title.
BX2230.5.H29 1999
264′.02036—dc21 99-23679
cip
Nihil Obstat: Rev. James Dunfee, Censor Librorum
Imprimatur:X Most Rev. Gilbert Sheldon, Bishop of Steubenville
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isbn 0-385-49659-1
Copyright © 1999 by Scott Walker Hahn
All Rights Reserved
October 1999
First Edition
Foreword by Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel C.F.R.
Christ Stands at the Door: The Mass Revealed
In Heaven Right Now: What I Found at My First Mass
Given for You: The Story of Sacrifice
From the Beginning: The Mass of the First Christians
Taste and See (and Hear and Touch) the Gospel: Understanding the Parts of the Mass
“I Turned to See”: The Sense amid the Strangeness
Who’s Who in Heaven: Revelation’s Cast of Thousands
Apocalypse Then! The Battles of Revelation and the Ultimate Weapon
Judgment Day: His Mercy Is Scary
Lifting the Veil: How to See the Invisible
Worship Is Warfare: Which Will You Choose: Fight or Flight?
Parish the Thought: Revelation as Family Portrait
Rite Makes Might: The Difference Mass Makes
Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel C.F.R.
This remarkable book brings together several powerful spiritual realities—all of them important to the believing Christian, and all of them apparently so diverse as to superficially appear unrelated: the end of the world and the daily Mass; the Apocalypse and the Lord’s Supper; the humdrum of daily life and the Parousia, the coming of the Lord.
If you are a cradle Catholic like myself, Dr. Hahn is likely to leave you with a whole new appreciation of the Mass. If you entered the Church or are thinking of coming into full communion with it, then he will show you a dimension of Catholic Christianity that you probably never thought about—its eschatology, or teaching on the end of time. In fact, relatively few Catholics realize the link between the celebration of the Eucharist and the end of the world.
The salient feature of The Lamb’s Supper is its moving and lucid appreciation of the reality of the Liturgy of the Eucharist, ...
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About The Lamb’s Supper: The Mass as Heaven on EarthBest-selling author Scott Hahn sheds new light on the Mass, Sundays fail to see the powerful supernatural drama that enfolds them. Pope John Paul II described the Mass as “Heaven on Earth,” explaining that offering readers a deeper appreciation of the most familiar of Catholic rituals. Of all things Catholic, there is nothing so familiar as the Mass. Yet most Catholics sitting in the pews on what “we celebrate on Earth is a mysterious participation in the heavenly liturgy.” The Lamb’s Supper reveals a long-lost secret of the Church: the early Christians’ key to understanding the mysteries of the Mass was the New Testament Book of Revelation. With its bizarre imagery, its mystic visions of heaven, and its end-of-time prophecies, Revelation mirrors the sacrifice and celebration of the Eucharist. Beautifully written, in clear direct language, Hahn’s book will help readers see the Mass with new eyes, pray the liturgy with a renewed heart, and enter into the Mass more fully, enthusiastically, intelligently, and powerfully than ever before. |
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