TY - GEN AU - DOUGHERTY, Joseph TI - Silence in the liturgy PY - 1995/// CY - Minnesota PB - St Benedict KW - Liturgical Celebrations N2 - Notes historical, aesthetic, and functional rationales for active intervals of silence in the liturgy. Draws on ritual studies to argue for purposeful silence in the Mass. Silence symbolizes the anti-structural elements on the continuum between society and individual, enables the individual's appropriation of the communal, and verifies the individuality of the person and the existence of the Other to whom worship is addressed ER -