From the homily
Deacon Michael was preaching again today. The part of the homily I found most memorable was when he remarked that in a few minutes, we would be enacting the scene from the first reading: gathering around the Lamb of God in our earthly liturgy as the victorious ones in Heaven do in the Heavenly Liturgy. This is not original, of course, but it is something we need to be reminded of continually. There's a good book on this subject, by Dr. Scott Hahn .