The Wedding Supper of the Lamb

All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri

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🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

At every Mass, Jesus invites us to be his bride in the mystical wedding supper of the lamb. Today, Dr. Sri unpacks the biblical significance of the image of the wedding supper of the lamb mentioned in the book Revelation, and helps us see Christ as the bridegroom of our souls.

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"Every Mass is a mystical marital union with our Lord Jesus Christ, the bridegroom of our souls."

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic, where real faith meets real life.
0:14.3	Today I want to think about one of my favorite lines from the Mass, when I favorite prayers
0:19.7	in the Mass, it comes at that climactic moment shortly before we receive holy communion.
0:25.2	The priest holds up the host, and he says those sacred words, blessed are those who are
0:30.0	called to the supper of the Lamb.
0:33.5	I love that line, but what is this all about?
0:35.4	What is the supper of the Lamb?
0:37.0	What is this imagery all about?
0:38.2	Well, we as Catholics, we know that when we receive holy communion, we're receiving the
0:43.0	very body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus.
0:46.4	This is the most intimate union we can have with our God here on earth.
0:51.2	This is amazing.
0:52.2	It comes to dwell inside of us.
0:53.6	And yet, sometimes when we go to communion, we don't really feel that closeness.
0:59.2	We maybe don't experience this great intimate connection with our Lord at holy communion.
1:06.2	We might feel bad about it.
1:07.6	Sometimes maybe we're just distracted.
1:09.9	Our mind is wandering.
1:11.6	We're thinking about problems at work.
1:13.4	We're thinking about what we're going to do later today.
1:15.4	We're thinking about what donuts they might serve after Mass.
1:19.8	Our mind gets easily distracted.
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