SUN, MOON AND STARS : THE ROLE OF MARY IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION
SUN, MOON AND STARS : THE ROLE OF MARY IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION Fr Michael Hall Throughout the Christian centuries, the Apocalypse – the “Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ to John” – has been a happy hunting ground for heretics and others who wish to gain biblical backing for their predictions for the future.It is perhaps for this reason that the Catholic Church “protects” its Mass goers by severely limiting the number of times it uses the Apocalypse in its lectionary. Safe, exhortative sections of the “Letters to the Seven Churches”, the vision of the Lamb Who Was Slain, and the All Saints day reading of the holy host gathered before the throne of God. Even during the season of Advent, when one might have thought the readings about the “last things”, the second coming of Christ and the new heaven and new earth would be particularly relevant, there is an absence of the Apocalypse.But there is one other passage that has regular – (or at least annual) – exposure. The vision of