Though I'm not a fan of his presentation style, Scott Hahn nonetheless has solid information showing how Revelations is the basis of virtually everything in the liturgy of the Mass. Might interest you. He writes better than he preaches. (To his credit Hahn himself said the same thing about himself - he hates how he preaches too! A very humanizing moment)
Moreover, a disciple only one generation removed from St. John the Evangelist, Polycarp, when about to be executed was told he just had to say, "Away with the atheists!" (Meaning the Christians, who denied polytheism)... He turned the the crowd and dismissed them instead: "Away with the atheists!" (Promptly burned at the stake)
But here: "Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy." This extends to other prophetic passages, for example: "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee! Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus!" If an angel can say this to a human being, we too can repeat the worlds, being lower than angels. Our repetition seeks to be like Mary, that the voice of the Angel we repeat speak to us in microcosm, that the dawn from above might occur in us and that Christ might be born within my own soul.
Olivia,
There are 3 books that I love on Revelation:
1) Eugene Peterson, "Reversed Thunder"
2) McKnight & Matchett, "Revelation for the Rest of Us"
3) Gorman, "Reading Revelation Responsibly"
Those are my go-to books.
Tommy--any recommendations to read along with our journey through Revelations? I've only done the book "the rapture exposed". Thank you!!!
Though I'm not a fan of his presentation style, Scott Hahn nonetheless has solid information showing how Revelations is the basis of virtually everything in the liturgy of the Mass. Might interest you. He writes better than he preaches. (To his credit Hahn himself said the same thing about himself - he hates how he preaches too! A very humanizing moment)
Moreover, a disciple only one generation removed from St. John the Evangelist, Polycarp, when about to be executed was told he just had to say, "Away with the atheists!" (Meaning the Christians, who denied polytheism)... He turned the the crowd and dismissed them instead: "Away with the atheists!" (Promptly burned at the stake)
But here: "Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy." This extends to other prophetic passages, for example: "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee! Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus!" If an angel can say this to a human being, we too can repeat the worlds, being lower than angels. Our repetition seeks to be like Mary, that the voice of the Angel we repeat speak to us in microcosm, that the dawn from above might occur in us and that Christ might be born within my own soul.