The charismatics confused the holy liturgy with a school of samba, but than I was converted when I got to know them… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Consumerism is the worship of the god of quantity; advertising is its liturgy. Advertising is schooling in false longing. — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
Even the darkest moments of the liturgy are filled with joy, and Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the lenten fast, is a… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Rediscover the Rosary in the light of scripture, in harmony with the Liturgy, and in the context of your daily lives. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“Above all, enter into the Church’s liturgy and make the liturgical cycle part of your life—let its rhythm work its way into… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“God Himself teaches us to go forward with our hand in His by means of the Church’s liturgy.” — Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Copy Share Image
all mankind, not excluding Americans, are sinners--miserable sinners, as even no few Bostonians themselves nowadays contritely respond in the liturgy. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“The Liturgy itself is prayer; the confession of faith finds its proper place in the celebration of worship.” — The Catholic Church Copy Share Image
“The music, the prayers, the bowing and rising, the incense--all of it was breaking down my defenses. That's what good liturgy does.… — Fred Bahnson Copy Share Image
They knew only too well the intimate bond which unites faith with worship, 'the law of belief with the law of prayer,'… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
Never read the Bible as if it means something. Or at any rate don't try and mean it. Nor prayers. The liturgy… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, the liturgy of Ash Wednesday is not focussed on the sinfulness of the penitent but on the mercy of God. The… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Forms and rituals do not produce worship, nor does the disuse of forms and rituals. We can use all the right techniques… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Give me bitter years of sickness, Suffocation, insomnia, fever, Take my child and my lover, And my mysterious gift of song This… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
“The author chuckles at the resistance to using a prepared, written liturgy in prayer. He compares it to being unwilling to dress… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
Liturgy and worship were never meant to be confined to the cathedrals and sanctuaries. Liturgy at its best can be performed like… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Our wise old church...has discovered that if you will act as if you believed belief will be given to you; if you… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“Since in fact liturgical traditions, vestments, church vessels, etc., were immediately removed wherever Calvinism infiltrated or Reformed ideas even gained influence in… — Ernst Walter Zeeden Copy Share Image
The nation, like the church, has its visible symbols and insignia, its parchments engrossed with the revealed word, its dogmas, hymns, liturgy,… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
“the Liturgy is accomplished faith, lived faith. It plunges us into the full reality of the truth of faith; it creates the… — Dietrich von Hildebrand Copy Share Image
We need Goddess consciousness to reveal earth's holiness. Divine feminine imagery opens up the notion that the earth is the body of… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
I am worried by the Blessed Virgin’s messages to Lucy of Fatima. This persistence of Mary about the dangers which menace the… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
The silence of landscape conceals vast presence. Place is not simply location. A place is a profound individuality. With complete attention, landscape… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
It's like this when you fall hard for a musician. It's a crush with religious overtones. You listen to the songs and… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
“Worship, then, needs to be characterized by hospitality; it needs to be inviting. But at the same time, it should be inviting… — James K.A. Smith Copy Share Image
“The Church wishes, for example, to apply Rosmini's invitation to 'hear loftily of God' with worthy liturgical celebrations, stripping the concept of… — Pope John Paul I Copy Share Image
“We have everyday habits—formative practices—that constitute daily liturgies. By reaching for my smartphone every morning, I had developed a ritual that trained… — Tish Harrison Warren Copy Share Image
“(from chapter 20, "Bezalel") "Worship is an art, using the sensory to bring us into an awareness of and attentiveness to the… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“It is useful to reflect that the word 'liturgy' did not originate in church or worship settings. In the Greek world it… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“The liturgy of the Eucharist is best understood as a journey or procession. It is the journey of the Church into the… — Alexander Schmemann Copy Share Image
“Liturgy puts us to work along with all the others who have been and are being put to work in the world… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“The Church has not built up the “Opus Dei” for the pleasure of forming beautiful symbols, choice language, and graceful, stately gestures,… — Romano Guardini Copy Share Image
“Morning Time...is a liturgy. It is a habit that ties the past to the future—a liturgy of love.” — Cindy Rollins Copy Share Image
In short, liturgies make us certain kinds of people, and what defines us is what we love. — James K. A. Smith Copy Share Image
“...how are you sacred to me? your lines are golden threads - your patter, my patten - I explore the liturgy of… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
