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The Lamb's Supper: Experiencing the Mass
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Building on various scriptural and historical foundations, a look at the Marian doctrines provides a definitive guide through the mysterious and poetic passages to help readers gain a more profound understanding of their truthfulness and relevance to faith and the practice of religion in the modern world. 30,000 first printing.
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Bestselling author Scott Hahn sheds new light on the Mass, offering readers a deeper appreciation of the most familiar of Catholic rituals .
Of all things Catholic, there is nothing that is so familiar as the Mass. With its unchanging prayers, the Mass fits Catholics like their favorite clothes. Yet most Catholics sitting in the pews on Sundays fail to see the powerful supernatural drama that enfolds them. Pope John Paul II described the Mass as "Heaven on Earth," explaining that 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, bestselling Catholic author Scott Hahn's new 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.
In Heaven Right Now
WHAT I FOUND AT MY FIRST MASS
THERE I STOOD, a man incognito, a Protestant minister in plainclothes, slipping into the back of a Catholic chapel in Milwaukee to witness my first Mass. Curiosity had driven me there, and I still didn't feel sure that it was healthy curiosity. Studying the writings of the earliest Christians, I'd found countless references to "the liturgy," "the Eucharist," "the sacrifice." For those first Christians, the Bible--the book I loved above all--was incomprehensible apart from the event that today's Catholics called "the Mass."
I wanted to understand the early Christians; yet I'd had no experience of liturgy. So I persuaded myself to go and see, as a sort of academic exercise, but vowing all along that I would neither kneel nor take part in idolatry.
I took my seat in the shadows, in a pew at the very back of that basement chapel. Before me were a goodly number of worshipers, men and women of all ages. Their genuflections impressed me, as did their apparent concentration in prayer. Then a bell rang, and they all stood as the priest emerged from a door beside the altar.
Unsure of myself, I remained seated. For years, as an evangelical Calvinist, I'd been trained to believe that the Mass was the ultimate sacrilege a human could commit. The Mass, I had been taught, was a ritual that purported to "resacrifice Jesus Christ." So I would remain an observer. I would stay seated, with my Bible open beside me.
SOAKED IN SCRIPTURE
As the Mass moved on, however, something hit me. My Bible wasn't just beside me. It was before me--in the words of the Mass! One line was from Isaiah, another from the Psalms, another from Paul. The experience was overwhelming. I wanted to stop everything and shout, "Hey, can I explain what's happening from Scripture? This is great!" Still, I maintained my observer status. I remained on the sidelines until I heard the priest pronounce the words of consecration: "This is My body . . . This is the cup of My blood."
Then I felt all my doubt drain away. As I saw the priest raise that white host, I felt a prayer surge from my heart in a whisper: "My Lord and my God. That's really you!"
I was what you might call a basket case from that point. I couldn't imagine a greater excitement than what those words had worked upon me. Yet the experience was intensified just a moment later, when I heard the congregation recite: "Lamb of God . . . Lamb of God . . . Lamb of God," and the priest respond, "This is the Lamb of God . . ." as he raised the host.
In less than a minute, the phrase "Lamb of God" had rung out four times. From long years of studying the Bible, I immediately knew where I was. I was in the Book of Revelation, where Jesus is called the Lamb no less than twenty-eight times in twenty-two chapters. I was at the marriage feast that John describes at the end of that very last book of the Bible. I was before the throne of heaven, where Jesus is hailed forever as the Lamb. I wasn't ready for this, though--I was at Mass!
HOLY SMOKE!
I would return to Mass the next day, and the next day, and the next. Each time I went back, I would "discover" more of the Scriptures fulfilled before my eyes. Yet no book was as visible to me, in that dark chapel, as the Book of Revelation, the Apocalypse, which describes the worship of the angels and saints in heaven. As in that book, so in that chapel, I saw robed priests, an altar, a congregation chanting "holy, holy, holy." I saw the smoke of incense; I heard the invocation of angels and saints; I myself sang the alleluias, for I was drawn ever more into this worship. I continued to sit in the back pew with my Bible, and I hardly knew which way to turn--toward the action in the Apocalypse or the action at the altar. More and more, they seemed to be the very same action.
I plunged with renewed vigor into my study of ancient Christianity and found that the earliest bishops, the Fathers of the Church, had made the same "discovery" I was making every morning. They considered the Book of Revelation the key to the liturgy, and the liturgy the key to the Book of Revelation. Something powerful was happening to me as a scholar and a believer. The book of the Bible that I had found most perplexing--the Book of Revelation--was now illuminating the ideas that were most foundational to my faith: the idea of the covenant as the sacred bond of the family of God. Moreover, the action that I had considered the supreme blasphemy--the Mass--now turned out to be the event that sealed God's covenant. "This is the cup of My blood, the blood of the new and everlasting covenant."
I was giddy with the newness of it all. For years I had been trying to make sense of the Book of Revelation as some kind of encoded message about the end of the world, about worship in faraway heaven, about something most Christians couldn't experience while still on earth. Now, after two weeks of daily Mass attendance, I found myself wanting to stand up during the liturgy and say, "Hey, everybody. Let me show you where you are in the Apocalypse! Turn to chapter four, verse eight. You're in heaven right now." |
Item Specifications...
Pages 192
Dimensions: Length: 1" Width: 6.5" Height: 8.75"
Weight: 0.7 lbs.
Binding Hardcover
Release Date Nov 9, 1999
Publisher Doubleday Religion
ISBN 0385496591
EAN 9780385496599
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 | Awesome! Feb 23, 2007 |
This is a wonderful book, especially if you ever find yourself saying that you "don't get much out of" the mass. If people understood what christian worship was, they wouldn't find it boring!! In this excellent book, Dr. Hahn clearly develops the biblical evidence of the heavenly and earthly liturgies. He shows that at mass, Heaven touches the earth, and that God Himself condesends to our level. It is a great, and biblical, mystery of the faith.
If you really wish to understand the Book of Revelation, read this book. It is a great place to start. | | | | The Mass is Heaven on Earth Feb 2, 2007 |
| This book gives you a whole new outlook on the mass. It ignites a fire in and shows you how great it is to be Catholic. Scott Hahn is one of the great theologians of our time. I would recomend it to anyone, Catholic or not. | | | | A real eye opener Jan 11, 2007 |
| I picked this book up while going through RCIA. I couldn't put it down. It literally opened my eyes up to understanding Scripture in ways I never imagined. I learned a lot about the mass, particularly the eucharist, and how it fits in to the whole divine economy. I also have a better grasp on the book of Revelation. Scott Hahn is a great author and teacher. I would have to say this is one of his best. It helped me understand the Church. I recommend this book to anyone interested in Scripture, in learning more about what the Catholic Church teaches, and even for those who don't agree with the Catholic Church. It will answer many of your questions and give you ideas for your own research. | | | | The Lamb's Supper Jan 10, 2007 |
The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth
by Scott Hahn
Through the ages the book of Revelation has perplexed Biblical scholars and casual readers alike. While admitting the difficulty of the challenge, Scott Hahn takes us through Revelation using both a spiritual and literal interpretation, and draws upon his experience as a Lutheran minister and convert to Catholicism. His conclusion: Revelation is a virtual road map to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Hahn's writing is clear, understandable, and persuasive. In addition, he provides comprehensive notes that should appeal to serious students of the Bible. I strongly recommend it for all readers. | | | | Great summary of the Catholic Mass Jan 10, 2007 |
| Brilliantly detailed book based on scripture. It helped give me a new insight into Jesus. | | | Write your own review about The Lamb's Supper: Experiencing the Mass
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