The Holy Liturgy - the Mystery and the Icon of the Eternal Life.

The present study aims to show that participation in the Eucharistic Liturgy is a real entrance to the Supper in the Kingdom of Heaven and that the faithful can still participate in this Mystical Banquet of God's love in a mystical way by means of the seen ritual, icons and prayer. Through icons, through prayers, through the reading of the inspired word of the Gospel the faithful are initiated into the mysteries of the future life. They have a mystagogical finality as ways of sharing Christ which together reveal the dynamic presence of the Lord's sacrificial love in the Church. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]