The Anathemata
Rite and Fore-time (continued)
on this hill
at a time’s turna
not on any hill
but on this hill.
David Jones notes
additional notes
a this phrase emphasises the historicity of the event re-presented in the Mass, localised in time and space to the twin-spurred ridge on which Jerusalem stands.
The use of the word ‘hill’ also reminds us of the hill outside the city where the cross was planted.
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And here we end the statement of the first theme of this part: the Mass and the event it recalls.