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Title: The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth by Scott Hahn ISBN: 0-385-49659-1 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 09 November, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.77 (90 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic! Dr. Hahn does it again.
Comment: What a delightful, wonderful, interesting, thought-provoking, and inspiring book this one is. Evangelical Biblical scholars have pondered the meaning of John's Book of Revelation for a long time.
For too many, they read it as the "end times." Dr. Hahn did the same thing, as a Presbyterian minister.
It wasn't until he became Catholic that he began to see Revelations as a blueprint for the Mass. Hahn demonstrates how Revelation gives us a glimpse of Heaven and of Mass. The premise of the book is that Mass itself is a little slice of Heaven on Earth.
What Hahn offers is not something new. This is what the Church has taught for centuries. Yet, Hahn presents it as only he can.
Hahn offers not only a beautiful view of Revelation, but also of Mass. It is a view that too few Catholics take to heart.
Not only is this a simply delightful book, but it's also a short book - one that could easily be read in one sitting.
I highly recommend it. Catholics will gain a new appreciation for Mass and all that they have taken for granted. Non-Catholics will appreciate an alternative view of The Book of Revelation.
Rating: 5
Summary: A very refreshing scripture-based interpretation of the Mass
Comment: Those who read Scott Hahn's "The Lamb's Supper" will enjoy a discourse/meditation on the importance of the Mass itself, and one that encourages Catholics to take interest in the most important actitivity of their lives. After giving an overview of the origins and history of the Eucharist, Hahn compares the Mass with the imagery in the Book of Revelation, which he discusses in great detail. Each Mass parallels the worship offered to God by the choirs of angels and saints, Hahn observes. At Mass, heaven and earth meet before the eyes of the faithful Catholics throughout the world. Hahn's Scripture-based interpretation of the Mass is refreshing, especially in our time, when the sacred character of the Mass is often neglected, if not ignored outright.
Exploring the New Testament "eschaton" in order to explain the Eucharist not only reinstills in readers some knowledge of biblical imagery and symbolism, but also, more importantly, connects these images with the liturgy. An understanding of this relationship between the liturgy of the Eucharist and biblical motifs can develop one's awareness of the cosmic and eternal dimensions of Mass, since, as many Catholic liturgies emphasize today, the Scriptures reveal an eternal God working in and through time. As Hahn points out, the celebration of the Mass turns the images about which we read into the realities that we experience first hand. Hahn also establishes a connection between an authentic understanding of the liturgy and an authentic practice of the liturgy. Faithful Catholics need to hear that the Mass is "heaven on earth"; but they also need to see this in the manner and disposition of the priest, the music selected, and in all other elements in the celebration of the liturgy.
Hahn's book, with its strong emphasis on the biblical symbolism as realized in the Mass, is highly recommended, particularly for prospective converts, and for Catholics re-learning their faith.
Rating: 5
Summary: God bless this author
Comment: My husband (a Protestant) and I (a fairly recent convert to Catholicism) both read this book this spring. We could not put it down! The sometimes silly chapter headings notwithstanding, this book is an incredible interpretation of both the Mass and the book of Revelation. I was aware that the book of Revelation certainly could be interpreted on four levels (what it says about our personal religious journey, what it says about the world of the Christians living at the time it was written, what it says about the future of this world, and its symbolic interpretation of God and heaven itself), but I had never made a connection between it and what we do at Mass (both Catholic and Episcopal/Church of England) and what the ancient Hebrews did in the Temple. This book is a gift from God. I plan to read and reread it many times.
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Title: Hail, Holy Queen by Scott Hahn ISBN: 0385501684 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 17 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Lord, Have Mercy: The Healing Power of Confession by Scott Hahn ISBN: 0385501706 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Catholic for a Reason: Scripture and the Mystery of the Family of God by Scott Hahn, Leon J. Suprenant ISBN: 0966322304 Publisher: Emmaus Road Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism by Scott Hahn, Kimberly Hahn ISBN: 0898704782 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: October, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: A Father Who Keeps His Promises: God's Covenant Love in Scripture by Scott Hahn ISBN: 0892838299 Publisher: Charis Books Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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