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the bottom of 171.
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He is explaining who Jesus was. "If you don't understand Jesus,
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you can't understand His prayer.
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You don't get the prayer at all.
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You just get some kind of organized cant.
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Jesus was a supreme adept, by God, on a terribly important
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mission.
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This was no Saint Francis with enough time to knock out a few
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canticles or to preach to the birds or do any of the other endearing
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things so close to Franny Glass's heart.
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I'm being serious now, goddamit.
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How can you miss seeing that?