Sacraments in the book of Revelation

[ryanoneil]

I’m looking for examples of the seven sacraments in the book of Revalation, and some commentary.

Web links and book recommendations would be appreciated.

Thank You.

 

[Nickkname]

The Book of Revelation is like the Sacrament of the Eucharist. I forget the book where I learned that from. I think it was Supper of the Lamb or The Last Supper or something like that.

 

[ryanoneil]

The Book of Revelation is like the Sacrament of the Eucharist. I forget the book where I learned that from. I think it was Supper of the Lamb or The Last Supper or something like that.

Yes. A Scott Hahn book.
I read it and I liked it. I think it was titled “The Lamb’s Supper” or something like that?

My Professor has a problem with him, so I shouldn’t use him as a source.

 

[MarcoPolo]

My Professor has a problem with him, so I shouldn’t use him as a source.

Where does your professor teach?

Like you, I found the Scott Hahn book quite informative and true to the faith, all with an impramatur and nihil obstat if I remember right. He has also been a guest on Catholic Answers Live since the beginning, and teaches at perhaps the most traditional Catholic University in the U.S., Franciscan University.

 

[ryanoneil]

Where does your professor teach?

Like you, I found the Scott Hahn book quite informative and true to the faith, all with an impramatur and nihil obstat if I remember right. He has also been a guest on Catholic Answers Live since the beginning, and teaches at perhaps the most traditional Catholic University in the U.S., Franciscan University.

Cardinal Stritch University, Wisconsin. (a Catholic University)

He also has a problem with citing any old website, so I have my work cut out for me.

 

[benedictgal]

Perhaps this might help you. It is taken from the homily that Pope Benedict XVI preached when he dedicated a new altar at a cathedral near Castelgandolfo, the Papal summer residence:

In the Roman liturgy, when the priest has made the offering of the bread and the wine, he bows to the altar and prays quietly: “Lord God, we ask you to receive us and be pleased with the sacrifice we offer you with humble and contrite hearts”. In this way, together with the whole assembly of the faithful, he prepares to enter into the heart of the Eucharistic Mystery, into the heart of that heavenly liturgy to which the Second Reading from Revelation refers. St John presents an Angel who offers “much incense to mingle with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne” of God (cf. Rv 8: 3). The altar of the sacrifice becomes in a certain way the meeting point between Heaven and earth; the centre, we might say, of the One Church that is heavenly yet at the same time a pilgrim on this earth where, amidst the persecutions of the world and the consolations of God, disciples of the Lord proclaim his Passion and his death until he comes in glory (cf. Lumen Gentium, n. 8). Indeed, every Eucharistic Celebration already anticipates Christ’s triumph over sin and over the world and in the mystery shows the radiance of the Church, “the spotless spouse of the spotless Lamb. It is she whom Christ loved and for whom he delivered himself up that he might sanctify her’” (ibid., n. 6).

I hope this helps you with your assignment.

 

[benedictgal]

Here is another quote from a homily that the Holy Father preached back in December 2006 when he dedicated the new church of Our Lady Star of the Sea in Rome. This homily references the second reading from the Book of Revelation:

The following texts from the Book of Nehemiah on the construction of city walls seem at first reading to be very practical and even prosaic in their details. However, they constitute a truly spiritual and theological theme.

A prophetic word of that age states that God himself built a wall of fire to encircle Jerusalem (cf. Zec 2: 8ff.). God himself is the city’s living defence, and not only in that time but always. Thus, the Old Testament account introduces us into the vision of the Apocalypse, which we heard as the Second Reading.

I would like to stress two aspects of this vision. The city is the bride. It is not merely a building of stone. All that is said about the city in grandiose images refers to something alive: to the Church of living stones, where even now the future city is being formed.

It refers to the new people who, in the breaking of the bread, become one body with Christ (cf. I Cor 10: 16ff.).

Just as in their love man and woman become “one flesh”, so Christ and humanity gathered in the Church become through Christ’s love “one spirit” (cf. I Cor 6: 17; Eph 5: 29ff.). Paul calls Christ the new, the last Adam: definitive man. And he calls him “a life-giving spirit” (I Cor 15: 45). With him, we become one; with him, the Church becomes a life-giving spirit. The holy City, where there is no longer a temple because it is inhabited by God, is the image of this community that is formed from Christ.

The other aspect that I wanted to mention are the 12 foundations of the city, above which are the names of the Twelve Apostles. The foundations of the city are not built of material stones but of living beings - they are the Apostles, with the witness of their faith. The Apostles remain the pillars that support the new city, the Church, through the ministry of Apostolic Succession: through the Bishops.

The candles we light on the walls of the church in the places where anointings will take place are reminiscent precisely of the Apostles: their faith is the true light that illumines the Church and at the same time, the foundation that supports the Church. The Apostles’ faith is not something antiquated. Since it is a truth, it is the foundation on which we stand, the light by which we see.

You might also want to reference Lumen Gentium, from the Second Vatican Council, which states:

Our union with the Church in heaven is put into effect in its noblest manner especially in the sacred Liturgy, wherein the power of the Holy Spirit acts upon us through sacramental signs. Then, with combined rejoicing we celebrate together the praise of the divine majesty;18* then all those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation278 who have been redeemed by the Blood of Christ and gathered together into one Church, with one song of praise magnify the one and triune God. Celebrating the Eucharistic sacrifice therefore, we are most closely united to the Church in heaven in communion with and venerating the memory first of all of the glorious ever-Virgin Mary, of Blessed Joseph and the blessed apostles and martyrs and of all the saints.19*

1. This Sacred Council accepts with great devotion this venerable faith of our ancestors regarding this vital fellowship with our brethren who are in heavenly glory or who having died are still being purified; and it proposes again the decrees of the Second Council of Nicea,20* the Council of Florence21* and the Council of Trent.22* And at the same time, in conformity with our own pastoral interests, we urge all concerned, if any abuses, excesses or defects have crept in here or there, to do what is in their power to remove or correct them, and to restore all things to a fuller praise of Christ and of God. Let them therefore teach the faithful that the authentic cult of the saints consists not so much in the multiplying of external acts, but rather in the greater intensity of our love, whereby, for our own greater good and that of the whole Church, we seek from the saints “example in their way of life, fellowship in their communion, and aid by their intercession”.23* On the other hand, let them teach the faithful that our communion with those in heaven, provided that it is understood in the fuller light of faith according to its genuine nature, in no way weakens, but conversely, more thoroughly enriches the latreutic worship we give to God the Father, through Christ, in the Spirit.24*

For all of us, who are sons of God and constitute one family in Christ,279 as long as we remain in communion with one another in mutual charity and in one praise of the most holy Trinity, are corresponding with the intimate vocation of the Church and partaking in foretaste the Liturgy of consummate glory.25* For when Christ shall appear and the glorious resurrection of the dead will take place, the glory of God will light up the heavenly City and the Lamb will be the lamp thereof.280 Then the whole Church of the saints in the supreme happiness of charity will adore God and “the Lamb who was slain”,281 proclaiming with one voice: “To Him who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb blessing, and honor, and glory, and dominion forever and ever”.282

While this quote may not make direct sacramental reference, it does describe the worship of the heavenly Jerusalem, which Revelation notes.

 

[ryanoneil]

Perhaps this might help you. It is taken from the homily that Pope Benedict XVI preached when he dedicated a new altar at a cathedral near Castelgandolfo, the Papal summer residence:

I hope this helps you with your assignment.

Thank you.

Not to mention that (Vatican II, LG 48) says; "we must first recognize Jesus Christ himself as the “primordial Sacrament,” and the Church as the “universal sacrament of salvation”

with that in mind maybe I shouldn’t focus solely on the 7 sacraments.