Introduction: The Unity and Mission of the Church: Communio at 50 Years
“We do not create [the liturgy]; we celebrate it as it is given to us with reverence and humility, always seeking to give of our best in the worship of almighty God.”
“It is no surprise that reason separated from faith ends up violently irrational, or that nature separated from grace ends up grotesquely unnatural, or that history separated from ontology ends up hostile to tradition and banal.”
“The surprise that parts bring with them qua nonessential (or extraessential) accords with the kind of resource out of which they pour, for all actuality is perfect in sharing itself liberally, and so in ‘letting itself’ be enriched by the novelty of what it perfects by this self-sharing.”