Catholic church Quote by Robert Sarah

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

“I was only beginning to enter into the infinite subtlety of Gregorian chant. It was - and remains - the only public prayer I…

— Mary Rose O'Reilley

“Musical instruments in celebrating the praises of God would be no more suitable than the burning of incense, the lighting of lamps, and the…

— John Calvin

“In a letter to the Christkind you asked for a Missal, a set of green vestments for dressing up, and picture of the sacred…

— Pope Benedict XVI

It's like this when you fall hard for a musician. It's a crush with religious overtones. You listen to the songs and you memorize…

— Steve Almond

“Above all, enter into the Church’s liturgy and make the liturgical cycle part of your life—let its rhythm work its way into your body…

— Thomas Merton

“the Liturgy is accomplished faith, lived faith. It plunges us into the full reality of the truth of faith; it creates the spiritual space…

— Dietrich von Hildebrand

“The Liturgy itself is prayer; the confession of faith finds its proper place in the celebration of worship.”

— The Catholic Church

Inaudible prayers, particularly of the Canon, which at first don't seem to have anything to do with music, end up being a very important…

— Richard Morris

No one who has experienced facing a screaming, boiling, hysterical audience can avoid feeling shivers in the spine. It's a thin line between celebration…

— Agnetha Faltskog

“the murmuring priests”

— Donald Revell

“He meets us where we are, as creatures of habit who are shaped by practices, and invites us into a community of practice that…

— James K.A. Smith