We cannot build up the idea of the apostolate of the laity without the foundation of the liturgy. — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
[People] need to find words that can reconnect them with each other. That is the gift of good liturgy, yeah. We're not… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
The intention of Paul VI with regard to what is commonly called the Mass, was to reform the Catholic liturgy in such… — Jean Guitton 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
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
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
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
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
“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
One day, a leopard stalked into the synagogue, roaring and lashing its tail. Three weeks later, it had become part of the… — Franz Kafka 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
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
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
I distrust pious phrases, especially when they issue from my mouth. I try militantly never to be affected by the pious language… — Flannery O'Connor 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
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
“Believers should be open to and encourage the Spirit's moving within each one, including the spontaneity from individual initiatives when gathered together.… — Henry Hon 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
That rule must be absolutely observed which states that, except for the most serious reasons and with the Apostolic See, no innovations… — Pope Gregory XVI Copy Share Image
There were positive things about the church, that is, in the European cultural sense, the architecture, the liturgy, the music, the art,… — Frank McCourt 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
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
Today there are more Muslims at prayer on Fridays in Britain, France, or Germany than there are Christians at mass or liturgy… — Sr?a Trifkovic Copy Share Image
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