Quotes about Church

The contemporary church is so often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. It is so often the arch supporter of the status quo.

A church that focuses on the external has lost its passion for souls.

Blessed also be God Almighty, who ordains that His militant church shall have such life that, when a pope is dead, she is not on that account without a head or dead! Because not upon the pope but upon the head, Christ, does her life depend.

We, the Church, hold the keys. We are His body—His hands, feet, voice—and what He does, He will do through us. We are Plan A, and there is no Plan B.

The Wetheralls always went to church. They belonged to the vast group of human automata who go through life without neglecting to perform a single one of the gestures executed by the surrounding puppets.

We cannot have communion with Christ till we are in union with Him; and we cannot have communion with the Church till we are in vital union with it.

We cannot build up the idea of the apostolate of the laity without the foundation of the liturgy.

Due to our consumer mindset, people are prone to jump from church to church, which weakens the church overall.

The Lord has placed next to me many people, who, with generosity and love for God and the church, have helped me and been close to me.

All my life, growing up in the church, I always planned on going on a mission. There are certain missions where you get a chance to play ball. If I get one of those, great. But I'm going where they want me to go. I'll mature, and not just physically.

Every individual in the church is free to think as he pleases.

Reverence the deacons as you would the command of God.