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

I thought this book would explain all the Spiritual Symbols of Revelation mystically in the mass. I thought by not being Catholic I had missed some huge chunk of Spiritual understanding and that's why the Revelation of Jesus Christ was still pretty crytpic to me.

So I took a chance on buying this book and actually read it even.

There's one good point that was wonderful about the "It is Finished" and what that means.

But as for the book of Revelation being explained in the mass -- that's not what this book is about.

It basically says that because Catholic "Priests" dress kind of like Levitical priests the mass is "explaining" Revelation.

That because Catholic "Priests" are celibate -- in theory anyways -- like the 144,000 that is "explaining" Revelation.

"It was only when I began attending Mass that the many parts of this puzzling book suddenly began to fall into place" (p. 66)

"Where can we find priests in vestments staning before an altar?...Where do we encounter men consecrated to celibary?...Where else but in the Catholic Church, and most particularly in the Mass." (p. 89)

That because Catholic priests lift the phsyical symbols of "bread and wine" it actually becomes the "lamb of God."

"...the Real Persence of Jesus' body and blood under the appearance of bread and wine;" (p. 30)

"...taking special care to transmit the words of institution, the words that transform the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ..." (p. 37)

And on and on.

It explains nothing but instead assumes that a cheap "flesh" copy of what's written spiritually in the book of Revelation (the Mass) somehow explains the book of Revelation.

Don't even baby Christians know that the bread and the wine are symbols of eating the pure word of God and drinking "spiritual understanding" with it?

You can eat crackers and drink wine till the cows come home -- but until you understand the word of God spiritually you won't be transformed into the divine. Crackers and wine are a snack and a symbol of the spiritual reality of communion with God. Not the literal thing. Just like literal baptism does nothing. It's a symbol of drowning Adam and washing your new self with the word of God. They're all just symbols of spiritual realities.

The letter kills but the spirit gives life. I thought that meant not to read the bible literally but "spiritually".

A literal copy of imitating the book of Revelation is exactly how you're NOT supposed to read it.

This book reminded me why I quit being a Catholic.

Spirit has no Mass only the Material does.

This is an excellent book to understand what we celebrate in Holy Mass and book of Revelation in Holy Bible.

Regards,
Manoj Devassy

As is usual with Scott Hahn, we "cradle Catholics" benefit from his "new eyes" when taking a closeer look at who we are as Catholics and why we do what we have been doing for, well, 2,000 years. This book was very enjoyable. It made many things "click" and I recommend it to any Catholic looking for ways to enrich their communion in Christ and the Church.

I had an immediate paradigm-shift when I read about the relationship between Revelation and the celebration of the Liturgy - The incense, the garbs, the altar, and more importantly the words we sometimes echo without feeling or thinking of the real meaning of it all... "Holy, Holy, Holy,", and the "LAMB of GOD" now echos in my heart during mass. The Liturgy for me is now Heaven on Earth for I place myself in the book of Revelation and am connected to an altered state I can't explain. If you are a Catholic and are going "through the motions" at mass. Please read this book. You will never look at mass the same way again.
I would like to recommend "Reasons to Believe: How to Understand, Explain, and Defend the Catholic Faith". Believe it or not it's also a good start in educating the lay Catholic person. PEACE!!

This was a very informative, yet readable book. I would recommend this to all Christians!