Scott Hahn's Study Guide for the Lamb' s Supper by Scott Hahn

Author:Scott Hahn [Hahn, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-58906-4
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2010-11-02T00:00:00+00:00

SCRIPTURE

1 Corinthians 3:16–17; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 2:19–22

DOCTRINE

Cardinal Francis Arinze, “The Holy Eucharist Unites Heaven and Earth,” Address at Eucharistic Congress in Washington, D.C., September 25, 2004: The Apocalypse, or the Book of Revelation, as it [is] also known, presents a striking imagery of the heavenly liturgy and helps us appreciate how the Eucharistic celebration, as it were, looks heavenward. At the same time, the Eucharist commits us to do our part to make this world a better place in which to live. Indeed, the Eucharist unites heaven and earth and calls for our active faith response.…

The Book of Revelation speaks in prophetic and apocalyptic language with the Jerusalem temple worship as background. But it also speaks of the Church beginning to spread in the world and presents Jesus Christ as the Gospel Lamb, the King of the universe, the High Priest, the Lord of history and the immaculate Victim on his throne.

In the Apocalypse, divine worship is praise of heaven begun on earth. The cult images are powerful and clearly liturgical. Examples are adoration of the immolated Lamb on His throne, hymns and canticles, acclamations of the crowds of the elect dressed in white, descent of the Church of heaven on earth, the Jerusalem of which the Lord Jesus is the temple. And the people are a priestly and royal one. The visions recall many cult elements: seven candlesticks, the long white robe of the Son of Man, the white dress of the old men and of the Saints, the altar, the Amen and the exultant Alleluia.

At the same time the Book of Revelation also describes the exasperation of the fight between hell and the faithful of Christ, between the Woman and her children and the Beast, the false prophet who would do all in his power to seduce the inhabitants of the world.

The Eucharist is linked with this heavenly liturgy and, if well celebrated and lived on earth, will inaugurate the reign of God and dismiss the Devil and his angels.

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