Worthy Is the Lamb The Biblical Story of the Mass

by Nash, Thomas J.

• ISBN13: 9780898709940
• ISBN10: 0898709946
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-30
• Publisher: Ignatius Press

Table of Contents

Foreword, by Monsignor James Patrick Moroney	9	(2)
Introduction Follow the Lamb: Rediscovering the Biblical Story of the Mass	11	(12)
PART ONE Genesis of the Eucharist
1 In God We Trust?: Paradise Lost	23	(6)
2 Worthy Is the Lamb?	29	(7)
3 First Fruits First: Are We Willing like Abel?	36	(4)
4 Bread and Wine and without Beginning or End: The Mysterious Priesthood of Melchizedek	40	(13)
5 Emancipation Proclamation: Abraham Receives God's Saving Word	53	(14)
PART TWO Prefiguring the Mass in the Old Covenant
1 From Moriah to the Messiah: Understanding How God Provides the Lamb through the Passover	67	(7)
2 Thanks for the "Memories": The Passover Sacrifice, Then and Now	74	(17)
3 "They Shall Eat the Flesh": The Passover as Communion Sacrifice	91	(13)
4 God Draws Near to His People: Ancient Israel as Liturgical Training Ground	104	(23)
PART THREE Mass Appeal: Living on the Lamb
1 Man Shall Live Forever on This Bread Alone: Jesus Announces the Eucharist	127	(17)
2 "Do This in Memory of Me": Jesus Transforms the Passover	144	(19)
3 "Source of Eternal Salvation": Jesus as a Priest Forever according to the Order of Melchizedek	163	(30)
4 "Proclaiming the Lord's Death until He Comes": The Mass in the Early Church and Beyond	193	(20)
Bibliography	213	(6)
Scripture Index	219	(10)
CCC Index	229	(2)
General Index	231