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
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
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
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
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
The liturgy, like the feast, exists not to educate but to seduce people into participating in common activity of the highest order,… — Aidan Kavanagh 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
Liturgy is like a strong tree whose beauty is derived from the continuous renewal of its leaves, but whose strength comes from… — Pope Paul VI 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
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
“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
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
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
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
[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
“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
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
“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
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
“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
“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
“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
“(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
“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 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
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
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
“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
“He meets us where we are, as creatures of habit who are shaped by practices, and invites us into a community of… — James K.A. Smith 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
“here is my hope: God willing, when he wills and as he wills, the reform of the reform will take place in… — Robert Sarah Copy Share Image
What we have at the moment isn't as the old liturgies used to say, 'the sure and certain hope of the resurrection… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Can man, the finite and sinful one, cooperate with God, the Infinite and Holy One? Yes, he can, precisely because God Himself… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“What gives a liturgy its plot? A liturgy is always a sort of drama, that is, an intentional sequence of events, however… — Ellen F. Davis Copy Share Image
You have the women sitting on the left and the men sitting on the right. Everything is to keep your mind focused… — Troy Polamalu 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
Laundry, liturgy and women's work all serve to ground us in the world, and they need not grind us down. Our daily… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
Prayer is, for me, like that - a state of being together with God. It's not usually triggered by liturgy or special… — Bob Buford Copy Share Image
“Our liturgy has beauties, which not even a careless, slovenly style of reading can destroy; but it has also redundancies and repetitions,… — Jane Austen 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 and liturgy, of the sacraments, and of the way in which we have an in-built sense of the divine that we suppress to our great sorrow - these are all immense contributions to…” quote by Oliver D. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/oliver-d-crisp-12863_believer_john-calvin-s-treatment-of-the-person-an_62415.jpg)
