There had been such muddles over the complex ticketing arrangements, and such hostility from sections of the mass media, and such horrible things said by campaigners opposed to the Church's teachings, and such tragedy over the evil actions of priests who had betrayed their calling. (faith.org.uk)
It has — maybe unintentionally - given rise in not a few places to an unwarranted emphasis on the participants over the central action of the priest as alter Christus. (faith.org.uk)
The crushed wheat which becomes flour represents sacrifice, the sacrifice of the sick who are not able to go to Mass, the sacrifice of the persecuted Church — all these through the action of the priest become the bread of life. (faith.org.uk)