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“The spiritual muscles I hadn't used for decades began to acquire some tone, and since they were Catholic muscles too, it was natural to look for a church to work out in. It was hard. Appalling though the predations exacted on the monastic liturgy were, they were nothing compared to the desecration exacted on the secular. Latin was gone entirely, replaced by dull, oppressive, anchorman English, slavishly translated from its sonorous source to be as plain and "direct" as possible. It didn't seem to have occurred to the well-meaning vandals who'd thrown out baby, bath, and bathwater that all ritual is a reaching out to the unknowable and can be accomplished only by the noncognitive: evocation, allusion, metaphor, incantation—the tools of the poet.”

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Book:Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul
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Tony Hendra
Tony Hendra

Tony Hendra, born in 1941, is an accomplished writer whose works span various literary genres, including novels, plays, and essays. Hendra is known for his unique sense of humor and profound insights, often exploring themes of humanity and social issues in his writing. more

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