….when the celebrant [priest at Mass] turns to the audience he i… — “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

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….when the celebrant [priest at Mass] turns to the audience he is putting them on as his corporate dignity or mask just as when he turns to the altar he is putting on the divine mask of supernatural power.

“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

Quote #3677

Year: 1973

Chapter: Masks