“So my life and the life of my family has been completely disrupted in absolutely every way. But it's been worth it. It's uncovered a vast cesspool of illegitimate economic and political power in which the Church is immersed right up to its ears, and I intend to dive in headfirst and pull it out of there dripping wet for all the world to see -- no matter how long it takes, no matter whose feet get stepped on in the process, no matter how much it costs, no matter how great the personal sacrifice.” WorldWayLongHas BeensMatterPoliticalProcessChurchSacrificeFeetAtheismEconomicCostMy FamilyEarsPositive AtheismWetWorth ItPolitical PowerDrippingPersonal Sacrifice Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“The brother of my grandfather was the patriarch of the Orthodox Church and revered as a saint. So everything in my childhood is about total sacrifice, whether to religion or to communism. This is what is engraved on me. This is why I have this insane willpower. My body is now beginning to be falling apart, but I will do it to the end. I don't care. With me it is about whatever it takes.” EndsBodyCareFallChurchSacrificeChildhoodBrotherSaintDon't CareInsaneCommunismI Don't CareOrthodoxGrandfatherWillpowerFalling ApartMy GrandfatherWhatever It TakesEngravedPatriarchOrthodox Church Author:Marina Abramovic
“It is not the church we want, but the sacrifice; not the emotion of admiration, but the act of adoration; not the gift, but the giving.” WantGivingReligionChurchEmotionSacrificeAdmirationAdoration Book:¬The Seven Lamps of Architecture Source: ¬The Seven Lamps of Architecture
“If churches around the world would grasp the revolutionary truth that Christ's transforming power always comes through sacrifice and weakness, it would dramatically alter the landscape of the global church.” IfsWorldChristChurchSacrificeWeaknessAround The WorldLandscapeRevolutionaryTransforming Author:Joni Eareckson Tada
“The people will have no need to change their place of concourse; where of old they were wont to sacrifice cattle to demons, thither let them continue to resort on the day of the Saint to whom the Church is dedicated, and slay their beasts, no longer as a sacrifice to demons, but for a social meal in honour of Him whom they now worship.” PeopleNeedsSocialChurchSacrificeWorshipSaintScaryMealsBeastDemonHonourDedicatedResortsCattleNeed A Change Author:Pope Gregory I
“My religious convictions and scientific views cannot at present be more specifically defined than as those of a believer in creative revolution. I desire that no public monument or work of art or inscription or sermon or ritual service commemorating me shall suggest that I accepted the tenets peculiar to any established church or denomination nor take the form of a cross or any other instrument of torture or symbol of blood sacrifice.” ArtFormDesireChurchReligiousViewsCreativeSacrificeBloodRevolutionCrossesInstrumentsConvictionBelieverAcceptedSymbolsDefinedTortureWorks Of ArtRitualPeculiarSermonsMonumentDenominationsInscriptionsBlood Sacrifice Author:George Bernard Shaw
“When you say your Rosary, the angels rejoice, the Blessed Trinity delights in it, my Son finds joy in it too, and I myself am happier than you can possibly guess. After the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, there is nothing in the Church that I love as much as the Rosary.” ChristianJoyChurchSacrificeSonHolyMassAngelBlessedDelightMy SonRejoiceTrinityRosaryBlessed MotherHoly RosaryPraying The Rosary Author:Alanus de Rupe
“All the money needed to send and support an army of self-sacrificing, joy-spreading ambassadors is already in the church.” SelfJoyChurchSupportSacrificeNeededArmyMissionsMissionaryAmbassadors Book:Don't Waste Your Life Source: Don't Waste Your Life
“The Church and the world and women are crying for men, men who are developing their capacity and talents, who are willing to work and make sacrifices, who will help others achieve happiness and salvation.” MenWorldHelpingChurchSacrificeAchieveTalentCryWillingCapacitySalvationHelping OthersDeveloping Author:D. Todd Christofferson