When I was about 13 and heavily involved with our family church, the married pastor ran off with my Dad’s married secretary.
That popped my illusion about the perfection of the man in front of the big room, with the robes.
well, a pastor or a priest is at the end, just a man. To me the important thing is that for the Divine Liturgy we have not only the Holy Spirit, but Christ present in the Eucharist. So the feeble, sinful man who concelebrates is just a feeble man. We are to look past him, he’s just another one in the community of Christ, with a ministerial role, but the main person at our celebration should always be, and our focus should always be on, Christ
***That popped my illusion about the perfection of the man in front of the big room, with the robes.***
I would say having your illusion popped is a good thing.
We are all sinners in need of grace. With some it is just move obvious that others.