"Putting on" only the congregation as his corporate mask of dignity deprives the celebrant of any compelling power or charisma; and this fact is not lost on the young adults who, naturally, can think of no reason for seeking divine absolution nor for pursuing a merely banal vocation of a humanistic padre.
Some Further Comments on Liturgy and Media” in The Critic, Vol.31, No. 4, March - April (1973), p 70, reprinted in The Medium and the Light: Reflections on Religion (1999), p 135
Year: 1973
Notes: …change itself becomes the very matrix and foundation of society.
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