The mystery of the Holy Night, which historically happened two thousand years ago, must be lived as a spiritual event in the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“liturgy is not a particular style of worship or some outmoded preference on the part of old people; it’s a timeless pattern… — Sarah Arthur Copy Share Image
It behaves more like a tribe than a democratic institution...responding to custom rather than reason and using its own liturgy and language… — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
“Both liturgy and what is euphemistically termed 'domestic work' also have an intense relation with the present moment, a kind of faith… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
Receiving the Eucharist means adoring Him whom we receive. Only in this way do we become one with Him, and are given,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Everything in the service involved communication,” he says with gentle exasperation. “Greeting people, the lengthy sermon, the singing. There was no emphasis… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
I thought some of the stories were neat; I liked some of the liturgy and some of the songs. If you're a… — John Irving Copy Share Image
The Eucharistic mystery stands at the heart and center of the liturgy since it is the fount of life by which we… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religion. . . . Dogs do not… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“But here is my hope: God willing, when he wills and as he wills, the reform of the reform will take place… — Robert Sarah Copy Share Image
The gospel has but a forced alliance with war. Its doctrine of human brotherhood would ring strangely between the opposed ranks. The… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
“By participating in the liturgy, we’re doing more than “attending a service.” We are entering a story—a story in which we also… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
There's a very generous donation in the parish's future if you make this fast. Ten minutes, at the most." Frowning, the man… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
I believe there is no liturgy in the world, either in ancient or modern language, which breathes more of a solid, scriptural,… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
John XXI was a very great pope and he's the one who actually corrected the liturgy. He did so because of his… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“It is not a gathering of 'escapees' from the world, bitterly enjoying their escape, feeding their hate for the world. Listen to… — Alexander Schmemann Copy Share Image
That phrase "hocus-pocus" started out as "hocus-pocus dominocus", and was, in the beginning, a mocking imitation of the holy incantations of the… — L. M. Boyd Copy Share Image
Persecution always acts as a jell for members of cults; it proves to them, in the absence of history, liturgy, tradition, and… — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Copy Share Image
I'm very eclectic, musically as in other things! But also to frame the hearing and knowing of Scripture within a context of… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
The most powerful movement of feeling with a liturgy is the prayer which seeks for nothing special, but is a yearning to… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
We look about in puzzlement at our world, with a sense of unease and disquiet. We think of ourselves as scholars in… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
[John Calvin's] treatment of the person and work of Christ, of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer, of prayer… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
When your soul is pricked by compunction and gradually changed, it becomes a fountain flowing with rivers of tears and compunction. If… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
Ancient worship . . . does truth. All one has to do is to study the ancient liturgies to see that liturgies… — Robert E. Webber Copy Share Image
A verse of Scripture in the morning, may become a blessing for all the day. It may sing in the heart as… — J.R. Miller Copy Share Image
Even though the discples were not aware of it, the presence was with them while they were reviewing the scriptures together on… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
In relation to the earth we have been autistic for centuries. Only now have we begun to listen with some attention and… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
Our Children no longer learn how to read the great book of Nature from their own direct experience, or how to interact… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“You have made us to be free, But we crave the cheap comforts of our chains. You have made us to serve… — Ecclesia Catholica Copy Share Image
“It is a simple test, but an immediate one: for the doctrine of the Trinity, of the Incarnation, of human sin and… — Andrew Louth Copy Share Image
Since Moses was in Egypt land, Gods people have been struggling for justice while singing freedom songs. Theology can be clarifying. A… — Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove Copy Share Image
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