Communion Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Clergy are men as well as other folks.

— Henry Fielding

The ecclesiastical writers, who, in the heat of religious faction, are apt to despise the profane virtues of sincerity and moderation.

— Edward Gibbon

“The priest is immense because he makes others believe in a heap of weird things. The Church wanting to do everything and be everything:…

— Charles Baudelaire

“THE MINISTER OF A SACRAMENT MUST BE IN THE WAYFARING STATE. —This condition ex cludes the angels and the departed. Christ con ferred His…

— Joseph Pohle

“The goal of priestly ministry is to do good to the souls of men.”

— Samuel Waldron

“Communion with God and serviceableness to his church are things that, above any other, put true honour upon men.”

— Matthew Henry

“A woman has never been able to become a priest—she cannot even be a deacon, nor yet a chorister—but a woman can with the…

— Sigrid Undset

“Our religious institutions are not giving very many men access to credible encounters with the holy or even with their own wholeness. We largely…

— Richard Rohr

Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

“We priests are in some ways a sad group of men. Born into the world to render service to mankind, there is no one…

— Shūsaku Endō

We need revelation for the calling of officers in the Church. Men should not be called merely through impression.

— J. Golden Kimball

I would say to bishops, and to all men in authority, we should have an interest in carrying on this work. We should labor…

— Wilford Woodruff