Revelation 19:7 (WEB)
Let’s rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let’s give the glory to him. For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.”
Catechism · 5
The Sacrament of Matrimony
“Sacred Scripture begins with the creation of man and woman in the image and likeness of God and concludes with a vision of "the wedding-feast of the Lamb."” — Catechism footnote: Rev 19:7, 9; cf. Gen 1:26-27.
“The nuptial covenant between God and his people Israel had prepared the way for the new and everlasting covenant in which the Son of God, by becoming incarnate and giving his life, has united to himself in a certain way all mankind saved by him, thus preparing for "the wedding-feast of the Lamb."” — Catechism footnote: Rev 19:7, 9; cf. GS 22.
In the Age of the Church
“The prophets and the saints, all those who were slain on earth for their witness to Jesus, the vast throng of those who, having come through the great tribulation, have gone before us into the Kingdom, all sing the praise and glory of him who sits on the throne, and of the Lamb.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rev 18:24; 19:1-8.
"From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"
“The Church will enter the glory of the kingdom only through this final Passover, when she will follow her Lord in his death and Resurrection.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rev 19:1-9.
The Church in God's Plan
“It is she whom Christ 'loved and for whom he delivered himself up that he might sanctify her.' It is she whom he unites to himself by an unbreakable alliance, and whom he constantly 'nourishes and cherishes.'"” — Catechism footnote: LG 6; Cf. Gal 4:26; Rev 12:17; 19:7; 21:2, 9; 22:17; Eph 5:25-26, 29.
Fathers and councils · 1
“Also in the Apocalypse: “The Lord God omnipotent reigneth: let us be glad and rejoice, and let us give to Him the honour of glory; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready.”” — editor's note: Rev. xix. 6, 7.
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Cited together in Catechism §1602.
Cited together in Catechism §1602.
Cited together in Catechism §757.