The lamb's supper

My first introduction to the writing of former protestant minister and Catholic convert author Scott Hahn was through his book on Mary during my research for my senior independent study for my Bachelor of Religious Studies. My three favorite religious writers that speak to my soul are C.S. Lewis, Henry Nouwen, and Scott Hahn. The way that details are used in Hahn's book create an understanding, but also a desire to continue a study on my own. Through The Lamb's Supper, Hahn goes in depth to not only the gospels, but also Revelations and many Old Testament and other scriptures in between.

Thanks to WaterBrook Multnomah/Doubleday Religion for providing a copy for review through FIRST Wild Card Tours.

Originally posted: http://creativemadnessmama.com/blog/2010/12/15/the-lambs-supper-by-scott-hahn/

I like it, although it was not what I was hoping for. Hahn does a good job of telling the slightly informed Catholic something about the glories of the depths of the liturgy of the Eucharist using the book of the Revelation to St. John as a framework and touchpoint. What he does not do, which I was hoping for, is explain the structure of that book as reflecting the outline of the liturgy. That's OK; I don't fault an author for writing the book he actually wrote rather than the one I wish he had.

This is a very approachable treatment, which should be understandable to any concerned person–no degree in liturgics required. He writes with intelligence and dignity, but mars it with the cutsie chapter titles and section heads.