Part Three, Chapter 1

Knock, Knock, yes Lord it's me again. Please grant me Your wisdom to understand all the greatness of seeing how the Mass is heaven on earth!

There is a lot packed in this chapter and so much to comprehend – I want to devour it all and not miss out on all that it wants to tell me. Toward the end of the chapter he writes, Revelation is as familiar as the life we live, and even the dullest Mass is suddenly paved with gold and glittering jewels. I am slowly understanding how/why the Mass is heaven on earth. As he states, all this time the Church has been teaching this right there in the Catechism.

Revelation means ”unveiling” (Greek word for apokalysis). It was amazing how God compares His love for us as a marital love. We are the bride of Christ unveiled, we are His Church. He wants our TOTAL love, He wants us to stay close to Him ALWAYS and stay in union with Him. The Apocalypse was the lifting of the veil of a virgin bride, taking place before the marriage was consummated in sexual union. Spiritually speaking then, from that moment we rise up from Egypt (earth) to worship in heaven (Mass), we are with God. Mass, heaven on earth! Knock, knock, I think I’m getting it!

I will finish the way Scott started the chapter. He writes that Revelations shows us The Presence. It makes me understand much more the meaning, “I am with you always.” God is here with us in His fullness . . . Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity ­- whenever we participate in Mass and receive the Eucharist.

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with Me". JoAnn