Friday, July 22, 2011

Crucifix

Ever wonder why every Catholic church is required to have a Crucifix above the altar?  A couple reasons:

1) The Crucifix helps us call to mind the sacrifice of Christ on the cross that is made present at every Mass, and that we participate in in the Eucharist.

2) In the book of Revelation, John has a vision of Heaven in which he sees a "Lamb as if it were slain" obviously representing Christ, the paschal lamb of sacrifice.  Remember in the Eucharist we are experiencing a little taste of Heaven.

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