'Who are you, God? Identify yourself! Friend or foe?'
Jesus answered our questions on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. The revelation that Jesus released into the Valley of Tears on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection is the ultimate revelation. There will be no other or further or additional or better revelation. This is it.
Furthermore, how do we propagate the ultimate revelation from then and there, across space and time, to the children of Adam and Eve here and now? How do we create a high fidelity echo of the original revelation? The Mass is the vehicle of propagation. It is the high fidelity echo of the original revelation.
1) What was the ultimate revelation?
The ultimate revelation is that God loves us. One of the fruits of love is forgiveness. A tree is known by its fruit . We took from him that which did not belong to us, his life. He gave to us that which we did not deserve, forgiveness. By means of the lopsided transaction in which we tortured and killed him and he forgave us, Jesus showed us that the nature of God is love. The intransigence of his love for us while the brutality of the Crucifixion was chewing him up into bits and pieces is the source of our extraordinary astonishment. Wow! Such love!
2) What was the location of the revelation?
The body and blood of the most Holy Eucharist direct our attention to the location of the ultimate revelation by pointing to his bloody wounds. His wounds make the connection between body and blood. Where did he receive his bloody wounds? He received his bloody wounds on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. The road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection is the location of the ultimate revelation.
3) What was the importance of the ultimate revelation?
The bread and wine of the most Holy Eucharist testify to the importance of his bloody wounds. Without food and drink, we die of hunger and thrist. Without the God who forgave us even though we tortured and killed him, death is just as certain.
