If we treat the priest as our personal performer, we sully his vocation, reduce the sanctuary to a mere stage, and reorient the Mass toward us—both physically and spiritually.
“If we treat the priest as our personal performer, we sully his vocation, reduce the sanctuary to a mere stage, and do the disservice of reorienting the Mass toward us—both physically and spiritually. The Mass will never entertain us as secular performances do. It was never meant to. The altar is where Heaven meets Earth and is therefore beyond us and our fickleness. Let us orient ourselves to that reality.” Thank you Sarah. I attend both the NO and the TLM (preferentially) and can attest to this easily recognized difference.
“If we treat the priest as our personal performer, we sully his vocation, reduce the sanctuary to a mere stage, and do the disservice of reorienting the Mass toward us—both physically and spiritually. The Mass will never entertain us as secular performances do. It was never meant to. The altar is where Heaven meets Earth and is therefore beyond us and our fickleness. Let us orient ourselves to that reality.” Thank you Sarah. I attend both the NO and the TLM (preferentially) and can attest to this easily recognized difference.
Let's be thankful the priest's that aren't doing Only Fans