Cooking Quote by Monica Baldwin

A sacrament by virtue of which each imparts nothing but vexations to the other.

— Honore de Balzac

“The word “sacrament” also has a broader meaning. In the study of religion, a sacrament is commonly defined as a mediator of the sacred,…

— Marcus J. Borg

Every time we make love to a human being, fully, we are making love to everything that lives and breathes. In that sense it…

— Terry Tempest Williams

And this food is called among us the Eucharist, of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who believes that the…

— Justin Martyr

“Rites and rituals open hearts and clear minds. They help us embody reverence and allow us to get in touch with our emotions and…

— Ahriana Platten

The Sacraments are the salvation of those who use them rightly, and the damnation of those who misuse them.

— Saint Augustine

Refinement is the lifting of one's self upwards from the merely sensual; the effort of the soul to etherealize the common wants and uses…

— Henry Ward Beecher

“The so-called Sacraments of the dead require for their worthy reception attrition along with its various dispositive acts (faith, fear, hope, etc.), whereas the…

— Joseph Pohle

When we develop reverence for food and the miracle of transformation inherent in it, just the simple act of eating creates a ritual of…

— Deepak Chopra

Something of defeat, something of tragedy, can be a sacrament because it stops us and causes us to look deeper.

— Kathleen Dowling Singh

“I have noticed, especially in Wales, that religious people eat substantially before a service and also as substantially when they come back to supper.…

— Rhys Davies

Ritual is the passage way of the soul into the Infinite.

— Algernon Blackwood