- Purity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Church Quotes
On the pews people grew up in.
Several of these quotes recall specific childhood routines, like learning the rosary or attending Sunday school regularly, memories tied to the broader faith collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I'm singing.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I seemed so different from other kids; I grew up in church and felt a connection with God, and a lot of kids my age really didn't understand that.
- Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stopped going to church for awhile.
- Sick
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mr. Trump, you were elected mainly because you found a way to connect with the average blue-collar worker who's sick of the games politicians have been playing for years. Those same blue-collar folks, who go to church, want to feed their families, have to pay their taxes.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having grown up Catholic, my prayers were scripted - memorized and deployed in church and before bed. As a young adult, I veered off script and talked to God more plainly. And by 'talked to,' I mean that I basically asked for things to turn out the way I wanted them to.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Callings in the church, as important as they are, by their very nature are only for a period of time, and then an appropriate release takes place.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Spirituality is no different from what we've been doing for two thousand years just by going to church and receiving the sacraments, being baptized, learning to pray, and reading Scriptures rightly. It's just ordinary stuff.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's nobody who doesn't have problems with the church, because there's sin in the church. But there's no other place to be a Christian except the church.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Francis seems familiar because Catholics have already known him in the Vatican II priests who have been their pastors and sacramental ministers over the years since that council brought new life to an old church. Catholics have known him in the bishops and priests who brought the spirit of the council to their dioceses and parishes.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think we are all trying to figure out what it means to be the Church as opposed to just doing church.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a lot of music in our home. Mom played piano in church and gave piano lessons.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm sitting in the church alone, I can hear singing of the old people. I can hear their singing and I can hear their praying, and sometimes I hum one of their songs.
- Circus
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020