“...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
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
Good Christian liturgy is friendship in action, love taking thought, the covenant relationship between God and his people not simply discovered and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The service--a moved Roosevelt called it the "keynote" of his meeting with Churchill--was working a kind of magic, which is one of… — Jon Meacham 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
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
By itself, the question of the liturgy's essence and the standards of the reform has brought us back to the question of… — Pope Benedict XVI 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
In short, liturgies make us certain kinds of people, and what defines us is what we love. — James K. A. Smith Copy Share Image
“The task of liturgy is to order the life of the holy community following the text of Holy Scripture. It consists of… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
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
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
“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
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
“Like a great waterwheel, the liturgical year goes on relentlessly irrigating our souls, softening the ground of our hearts, nourishing the soil… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
For what concerns diversity of rites in the sacred liturgy, the Apostolic See has always made its position clear: not only it… — 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
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
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
I like the ritual, the liturgy of a well-crafted, emotional fashion show. I will never be jaded with this side of fashion.… — Hedi Slimane 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
“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
Whenever I hear the epistles of Paul read out loud in the liturgy, I am filled with joy... If I'm regarded as… — Charles W. Freeman, Jr 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
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
