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The Mass and the Book of Revelation

The Mass. God is Near Us.
The Book of Revelation and the Mass.

The Mass as Heaven on Earth. (See the Lamb's Supper below.)

To help you with your Latin pronunciation:

Et cun spiritu tuo.Et coom spee-ree-too too-oh

Venite adoremus.Veh-nee-teh ah-do-reh-moos.

Deo gratias.Deh-oh grah-tsee-ahs.

Ora pro nobis.O-rah proh no-bees.

Libera nos, domine.Lee-beh-rah nos do-mee-neh.

Te rogamus audi nos.Teh roh-gah-moos ow-dee nos.

The Our Father in Latin ( with pronuciation ).

Pater noster, qui es in caelis:*Pah-ter noster kwee es een cheh-lees.
Sanctificetur nomen tuum.*Sahnk-tee-fee-cheh-toor no-men too-oom.
Adveniat regnum tuum.*Ahd-ven-eeaht ren-yoom too-oom.
Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra.*Fee-aht vo-loon-tahs too-ah aee-koot een cheh-lo et een te-rah.
Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie:*Pah-nem no-stroom kwo-tee-dee-ah-noom dah no-becs ho-dee-eh.
Et dimitte nobis debita nostra,*Pah-nem no-stroom kwo-tee-dee-ah-noom dah no-becs ho-dee-eh.
Et dimitte nobis debita nostra,*Et dee-meet-teh no-bees de-bee-tah no-strah.
Sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris.*See-koot et nos dee-meet-tee-moos de-bee-to-ree-boos no-strees.
Et ne nos inducas in tentationem:*Et neh nos een-doo-kahs een ten-tah tee-o-nem.
Sed libera nos a malo.*Said lee-be-rah nos mah-lo.
Amen. Ah-men.

Year 1957 Mass ( Palm Sunday ).
Second Sunday of Passiontide.

All Stand
as the priest, wearing a red cope (red is symbolic of royalty), enters the sanctuary, makes a reverence to the altar, and stands, facing the people, behind the table on which the branches of palms are arranged. Meanwhile the following antiphon is sung:

Ho-san-na fi-li-o Da-vid: be-ne-di-ctus qui ve-nit in no-mi-ne Do-mi-ni. Rex Is-ra -el: Ho-san-na in ex-cel-sis.
Hosanna for the Son of David: Blessed is He Who comes in the name of the Lord. King of Israel: Hosanna in high heaven.

Then the priest proceeds to bless the palms, but first he greets the people:

Priest: Dominus vobiscum. The Lord be with you.
Response: Et cum spiritu tuo. And with you.

Then the priest prays:

Let us Pray.
Bless these branches, Lord we pray Thee, and grant that what Thy people this day perform bodily in homage to Thee, they may perfect spiritually with the greatest devotion, by gaining a victory over the foe, and ardently loving every work of mercy. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who lives and reigns with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God,
Per omnia saecula saeculorum. For ever and ever.
Response: Amen.

The priest sprinkles the palms with holy water and incenses them. They are then distributed to clergy, servers, and people. During the distribution the following antiphons and psalm verses are sung, proclaiming Christ King of the whole earth.

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The Fourth Cup.

Some of our Jewish roots.
The Passover Seder or The Festival of Freedom.
So Joyous and memorable a holiday that two additional cups of wine are served at this seder.

The Seder or "Order". A special Passover home service
celebrated on the first night of Passover.
It is repeated on the second night by those who observe
the second day of the festival as a full holiday.

The original Passover not yet called a Seder is described in Exodus.
Remember: You must eat the lamb.
For many centuries after the time of the Exodus, and until the time Israeli King Josiah
instituted the changes of second Kings chapter 23
passover was not celebrated as set forth in the Tora (also spelled Torah).
In the sixth century B.C.E. and the time of the establishment of the 2nd temple,
the celebration of Passover and the obedience to verse 13:8 of Exodus
{and you shall instruct your son}
took on new meaning. Jews of Jerusalem and from all over came to the
main celebrations held at Jerusalem
and offered a sacrifice of a Paschal lamb.
In time psalms and songs were added which eventually evolved to the modern Seder.

Perhaps it was Rabbi Gamaliel II, at the end of the first century C.E.
that instituted the formal tradition. Rabbi Gamaliel II said: "Anyone who has not said these three words on Passover had not done his duty: Pesach or Paschal Lamb,
matza or unleavened bread, and maror or bitter herbs." Later Scholars interpret
this to mean that Jews are obligated
to eat three items, in the prescribed order, and to recite the Haggada, or Passover prayerbook,
in which the symbols or each is explained.
The Haggada is a small prayerbook which recounts the dramatic story of the Exodus.
It also contains psalms and songs to be sung in the prescribed order, in celebration of the event.
There are four cups of wine served during the Seder.
The fourth seder cup is consumed at the conclusion of the service, just before the closing songs and hyms are sung.
The Bible describes the drama of Redemption from slavery in Egypt with four different verbs.
These four references to Redemption can be found in the Book of Exodus.

1. I will bring you out of Egypt.
2. I will deliver you from bondage.
3. I will redeem you with an outstreached arm.
4. I will take you to Me for a people.

The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth (Hardcover)
Hardcover: 174 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN-10: 0385496591
ISBN-13: 978-0385496599

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