The Lamb’s Supper
by Scott Hahn
Same prayers. Same gestures. Same pews, week after week. The Mass can get so familiar that you stop seeing it. Scott Hahn wants to shake you awake. His claim: every Mass is a share in the worship of heaven, the “marriage supper of the Lamb” that St. John glimpsed on Patmos.
The book moves in two acts. First, Hahn walks through the Mass itself, explaining where its parts come from and what they mean. Then he opens the Book of Revelation, the book most readers close in a hurry, and points out the furniture. There are altars, incense, hymns, robed elders, a Lamb who was slain and a vast crowd at worship. Put the two side by side and the strange visions of the Apocalypse start to look like a Catholic liturgy. Hahn writes with a convert's energy, and it shows.
It suits catechumens preparing to receive the Eucharist, Catholics who find Mass routine, and anyone who has opened Revelation and quietly backed away. Read it before Easter, then watch closely the next Sunday.
Key Takeaways
- Where the parts of the Mass come from.
- How Revelation pictures heavenly worship.
- Why Catholics call the Mass heaven on earth.
- Fresh eyes for your next Sunday.
It opens up the Mass, the center of Catholic life, through the Book of Revelation.
