The bright robed priest, the tongue of the Church, opens his mouth and speaks in secret with GOD as a familiar. He recounts the glory of that incomprehensible Divinity, which is the cause of intelligible and sensible beings, which cannot be comprehended or searched out or scrutinised, which cannot be known by corporeal beings nor yet by the watchers.
-St. Narsai Harp of the Spirit
All the Priests who are in the sanctuary bear the image of those apostle’s who met together at the sepulchre. The alter is a symbol of our Lord’s tomb, without doubt; and the Bread and Wine are the Body of our Lord which was embalmed and buried
-St. Narsai Harp of the Spirit
The Church performs her Mysteries in secret away from those that are without; and the Priest celebrates privately within the sanctuary. Only her Children and her sons, the baptised and the signed, does she allow to enjoy communion in these adorable Mysteries which she performs.
-St. Narsai Harp of the Spirit
