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Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos, Diego Velázquez

Revelation 19:9

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Revelation 19:9 (WEB)

He said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb.’” He said to me, “These are true words of God.”

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The Sacrament of Baptism

  • §1244Article 1 · The Sacrament of BaptismRead at vatican.va

    “Having become a child of God clothed with the wedding garment, the neophyte is admitted "to the marriage supper of the Lamb"” — Catechism footnote: Rev 19:9.

The Sacrament of the Eucharist

  • §1329Article 3 · The Sacrament of the EucharistRead at vatican.va

    “The Lord's Supper, because of its connection with the supper which the Lord took with his disciples on the eve of his Passion and because it anticipates the wedding feast of the Lamb in the heavenly Jerusalem.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Cor 11:20; Rev 19:9.

The Sacrament of Matrimony

  • §1602Article 7 · The Sacrament of MatrimonyRead at vatican.va

    “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.

  • §1612Article 7 · The Sacrament of MatrimonyRead at vatican.va

    “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.

"From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"

  • §677Article 7 · "From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"Read at vatican.va

    “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.

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