The Lamb’s Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth

by Scott Hahn

Publisher:

Doubleday

, 1999

Overview

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 so familiar as the Mass. 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, 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.

Key Features

• Offers readers a deeper appreciation of Mass, the most familiar of Catholic rituals
• Demonstrates how Revelation mirrors the sacrifice and celebration of the Eucharist
• Written in beautiful, clear, and direct language

Contents

• 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

Top Highlights

“I propose that the key to understanding the Mass is the biblical Book of Revelation—and, further, that the Mass is the only way a Christian can truly make sense of the Book of Revelation.” (Page 4)

“Pope John Paul II has called the Mass ‘heaven on earth,’ explaining that ‘the liturgy we celebrate on earth is a mysterious participation in the heavenly liturgy.’” (Page 3)

“The Mass—and I mean every single Mass—is heaven on earth.” (Page 5)

“The solution is the Mass, when heaven touches down to save an earth under siege.” (Page 85)

“Jesus is the Lamb. When Jesus stood before Pilate, John notes that ‘it was the day of preparation of the Passover; it was about the sixth hour’ (19:14). John knew that the sixth hour was when the priests were beginning to slaughter the Passover lambs. This, then, is the moment of the sacrifice of the Lamb of God.” (Page 23)

Product Details

• Title: The Lamb’s Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth
• Author: Scott Hahn
• Edition: First Edition
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Print Publication Date: 1999
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 192
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Mass; Mass › Celebration; Bible. N.T. Revelation › Criticism, interpretation, etc
• ISBNs: 0385496591, 9780385496599
• Resource ID: LLS:LAMBSSUPPER
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:10:34Z

About Scott Hahn

Scott Hahn, is the Fr. Michael Scanlan Professor of Biblical Theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he has taught since 1990. Founder and President of the St. Paul Center, Dr. Hahn has been married to Kimberly since 1979; they have six children and twenty-one grandchildren. The author or editor of over forty popular and academic books, Dr. Hahn’s works include best-selling titles Rome Sweet Home, The Lamb’s Supper, Answering the New Atheism, Understanding Our Father, Scripture Matters, Spirit and Life, The Creed, It Is Right and Just, and Hope to Die. Holy Is His Name is the thirteenth book Dr. Hahn has published with Emmaus Road Publishing.