Liturgy Quotes
47 quotes by 37 authors
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The real 'action' in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself. This is what is new…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Our Children no longer learn how to read the great book of Nature from their own direct experience, or how to interact creatively with the…
— Wendell Berry
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This worship, given therefore to the Trinity of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, above all accompanies and permeates the…
— Pope John Paul II
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Forms and rituals do not produce worship, nor does the disuse of forms and rituals. We can use all the right techniques and methods, we…
— Richard J. Foster
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That rule must be absolutely observed which states that, except for the most serious reasons and with the Apostolic See, no innovations are to be…
— Pope Gregory XVI
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For what concerns diversity of rites in the sacred liturgy, the Apostolic See has always made its position clear: not only it does not condemn…
— Pope Leo XIII
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They knew only too well the intimate bond which unites faith with worship, 'the law of belief with the law of prayer,' and so, under…
— Pope Leo XIII
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Can man, the finite and sinful one, cooperate with God, the Infinite and Holy One? Yes, he can, precisely because God Himself has become man,…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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I am worried by the Blessed Virgin’s messages to Lucy of Fatima. This persistence of Mary about the dangers which menace the Church is a…
— Pope Pius XII
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We cannot build up the idea of the apostolate of the laity without the foundation of the liturgy.
— Dorothy Day
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Even the darkest moments of the liturgy are filled with joy, and Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the lenten fast, is a day of happiness,…
— Thomas Merton
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Nevertheless, the liturgy of Ash Wednesday is not focussed on the sinfulness of the penitent but on the mercy of God. The question of sinfulness…
— Thomas Merton
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The intention of Paul VI with regard to what is commonly called the Mass, was to reform the Catholic liturgy in such a way that…
— Jean Guitton
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Receiving the Eucharist means adoring Him whom we receive. Only in this way do we become one with Him, and are given, as it were,…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy has totally disappeared…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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We need Goddess consciousness to reveal earth's holiness. Divine feminine imagery opens up the notion that the earth is the body of the Divine, and…
— Sue Monk Kidd
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Dancing is not a form of expression for the Christian liturgy.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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In short, liturgies make us certain kinds of people, and what defines us is what we love.
— James K. A. Smith
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The silence of landscape conceals vast presence. Place is not simply location. A place is a profound individuality. With complete attention, landscape celebrates the liturgy…
— John O'Donohue
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When your soul is pricked by compunction and gradually changed, it becomes a fountain flowing with rivers of tears and compunction. If any one of…
— Symeon the New Theologian
Who Wrote These Liturgy Quotes
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