Sunday, January 2, 2011

The celebrants of the heavenly liturgy #1138


"Recapitulated in Christ," these are the ones who take part in the service of the praise of God and the fulfillment of his plan: the heavenly powers, all creation (the four living beings), the servants of the Old and New Covenants (the twenty-four elders), the new People of God (the one hundred and forty-four thousand), especially the martyrs "slain for the word of God," and the all-holy Mother of God (the Woman), the Bride of the Lamb, and finally " a great multitude which no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes, and peoples and tongues."

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