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> [“Celebration toward the east fosters silence. Indeed, there is less temptation for the celebrant to monopolize the conversation. Facing the Lord, he is less tempted to become a professor giving a lesson throughout the Mass, reducing the altar to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-sarah/celebration-toward-the-east-fosters-silence-indeed-there-is-less/)

[Robert Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-sarah/)

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## More by Robert Sarah

> [“There are so many priests who enter triumphantly and walk up toward the altar, greeting people left and right, so as to appear sympathetic.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-sarah/there-are-so-many-priests-who-enter-triumphantly-and-walk-up-toward/)

[Robert Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-sarah/)

> [“God’s only power is to love silently. He is incapable of any oppressive force. God is love, and love cannot compel, force, or oppress…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-sarah/god-s-only-power-is-to-love-silently-he-is-incapable-of-any/)

[Robert Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-sarah/)

> [“This age detests the things that silence brings us to: encounter, wonder, and kneeling before God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-sarah/this-age-detests-the-things-that-silence-brings-us-to-encounter/)

[Robert Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-sarah/)

> [“Celebration toward the east fosters silence. Indeed, there is less temptation for the celebrant to monopolize the conversation. Facing the Lord, he is less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-sarah/celebration-toward-the-east-fosters-silence-indeed-there-is-less/)

[Robert Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-sarah/)

> [“here is my hope: God willing, when he wills and as he wills, the reform of the reform will take place in the liturgy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-sarah/here-is-my-hope-god-willing-when-he-wills-and-as-he-wills-the-reform/)

[Robert Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-sarah/)

> [“Words often bring with them the illusion of transparency, as though they allowed us to understand everything, control everything, put everything in order. Modernity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-sarah/words-often-bring-with-them-the-illusion-of-transparency-as-though/)

[Robert Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-sarah/)

> [“Through silence, we return to our heavenly origin, where there is nothing but calm, peace, repose, silent contemplation, and adoration of the radiant face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-sarah/through-silence-we-return-to-our-heavenly-origin-where-there-is/)

[Robert Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-sarah/)

> [“It is the same with priestly ordination. In silence, through the sacrament of Holy Orders, a man becomes not only an alter Christus, another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-sarah/it-is-the-same-with-priestly-ordination-in-silence-through-the/)

[Robert Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-sarah/)

> [“I consider the days of old, I remember the years long ago. I commune with my heart in the night; I meditate and search…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-sarah/i-consider-the-days-of-old-i-remember-the-years-long-ago-i-commune/)

[Robert Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-sarah/)

> [“Silence is man’s greatest freedom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-sarah/silence-is-man-s-greatest-freedom/)

[Robert Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-sarah/)

> [“The devil invites mankind to rebellion and disorder. With his litany of subterfuges, he sows discord and incites us to pour out our hatred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-sarah/the-devil-invites-mankind-to-rebellion-and-disorder-with-his-litany/)

[Robert Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-sarah/)

> [“Celebrating Mass facing east, by breaking up the face-to-face, private get-together, helps to prevent turning the liturgy into the community's celebration of itself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-sarah/celebrating-mass-facing-east-by-breaking-up-the-face-to-face-private/)

[Robert Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-sarah/)

> [“For someone who is far from God, silence is a difficult confrontation with his own self and with the rather dismal realities that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-sarah/for-someone-who-is-far-from-god-silence-is-a-difficult-confrontation/)

[Robert Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-sarah/)

> [“Some priests unfaithful to the "memory" of Jesus insist more on the festive aspect and the fraternal dimension of the Mass than on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-sarah/some-priests-unfaithful-to-the-memory-of-jesus-insist-more-on-the/)

[Robert Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-sarah/)

> [“It is necessary to protect precious silence from all parasitical noise. The noise of our “ego”, which never stops claiming its rights, plunging us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-sarah/it-is-necessary-to-protect-precious-silence-from-all-parasitical/)

[Robert Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-sarah/)

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