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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… — Pope Benedict XVI
- Our Children no longer learn how to read the great book of Nature from their own direct experience, or how to interact… — Wendell Berry
- This worship, given therefore to the Trinity of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, above all accompanies… — Pope John Paul II
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- We cannot build up the idea of the apostolate of the laity without the foundation of the liturgy. — Dorothy Day
- Even the darkest moments of the liturgy are filled with joy, and Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the lenten fast, is a… — Thomas Merton
- Nevertheless, the liturgy of Ash Wednesday is not focussed on the sinfulness of the penitent but on the mercy of God. The… — Thomas Merton