Critics Quote by Mary Ritter Beard

Our Creator shall continue to dwell above the sky, and that is where those on earth will end their thanksgiving.

— Seneca the Younger

Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy has totally…

— Pope Benedict XVI

If God really became incarnate, and if His Incarnation can with justice compel man to change his life,then we have no alternative but to…

— Josef Pieper

“Leaving Things Alone (excerpt) You train your eye and your vision lusts after colour. You train your ear, and you long for delightful sound.…

— Thomas Merton

“... those sectaries in Europe who are always expecting the end of the world, but who hope that, after the earth has been consumed…

— Hilary Mantel

Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast.

— Epictetus

“Lord declared, “When thou makest a dinner or a supper, do not call thy friends, nor thy neighbours, nor thy kinsfolk, lest they ask…

— The Church Fathers

There is as much in our Lord's pantry as will satisfy all his children and as much wine in his cellar as will quench…

— Samuel Rutherford

To the desert go profits and hermits, through deserts go pilgrims and exiles. Here the leaders of the great religions have sought the therapeutic…

— Paul Shepard

And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:…

— Bible

All our pleasures and possessions are consigned to oblivion, but the legacy we leave for Christ will endure forever.

— David Jeremiah

“Today, some priests treat the Eucharist with the utmost contempt. They see the Mass as a talkative banquet where Christians faithful to the teaching…

— Robert Sarah