Tridentine Quotes & Sayings

And I no longer ask for all the solitude in the world, but for time. — Roberto Bolano

What makes or breaks us ultimately is our attitude toward the things we can't control. — Marty Rubin

Having the Mass in one's native language is no guarantee that a person will understand the mystery of the Mass. On the contrary, if the vesture of the ceremony is too familiar, the participants too easily thinks he has mastered what it's all about. The familiar becomes the routine, the routine becomes ignored. Our own language is a comfort zone that insulates us form the shock of the Gospel, the scandal of the Cross, the lure of the unknown. I would rather have a huge dose of foreignness, of music that is not current, words that are strange, language that is archaic, hieratic gestures that are grandly incongruous to a democratic society. A person thrown into this situation knows at least that he is dealing with something utterly different and possibly far deeper than his day-to-day occupations. — Peter Kwasniewski

Sunlight will renew your pride. — Joni Mitchell

A relationship can push us into having to confront certain areas of life, even if natally we are neither predisposed nor well equipped to cope in that area. — Liz Greene

Tomorrow when you wake up, be aware of how you dress your thoughts and emotions, because at the end of the day no matter what you look like, if your inner being isn't beautiful, neither are you. — Nikki Rowe

It's as if I died too,' she whispered to herself, 'as if I was born dead.'
Ironically, it was true. Emotionally she knew what her mind did not, beyond logic, beyond reason, as if somehow deep inside she felt what Sarah knew. — Denny Taylor

We will never speak of your cadaverous girlfriend or murderous ways ever again. — Elle Casey

Bad music is what will ruin music, not the instruments musicians choose to play. — Miles Davis

I often feel that when people have affairs, it has more to do with something they're searching for in themselves than anything else. — Laila Robins

Over the course of the millennia, all these multitudes of ancestors, generation upon generation, have come down to this moment in time - to give birth to you. There has never been, nor will ever be, another like you. You have been given a tremendous responsibility. You carry the hopes and dreams of all those who have gone before. Hopes and dreams for a better world. What will you do with your time on this Earth? How will you contribute to the ongoing story of humankind? — Laurence Overmire

Many people expect, just as they did then, "those at the top" to make all their decisions for them: Please get us work, and take care of our rent. These people vote for those who shout the loudest and deliver promises that are ultimately impossible to fulfill. — Wladyslaw Bartoszewski

As imperfect human beings, any of us, all of us, are subject at some time or another to make mistakes! — Brenda Jackson

The ancient liturgy, with its poignant symbols and innumerable subtleties, is a prolonged courtship of the soul, enticing and drawing it onwards, leading it along a path to the mystical marriage, the wedding feast of heaven. — Peter Kwasniewski

I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and hate, the two most powerful and devasting emotions that control man, nations, life. — Edgar Rice Burroughs

The fact that millions of people take part in a delusion doesn't make it sane. — Erich Fromm

If you want a church full of Catholics who know their faith, love their faith and practice their faith, give them a liturgy that is demanding, profound and rigourous. They will rise to the challenge. — Peter Kwasniewski