“Christianity is not a set of beliefs or doctrines one believes in order to be a Christian, but rather Christianity is to have one's body shaped, one's habits determined, in such a way that the worship of God is unavoidable.” WayBelieveBodyChristianOrderBeliefChristianityHabitWorshipDeterminedDoctrine Author:Stanley Hauerwas
“It is better to pay court to a queen ... than to worship, as we too often do, some unworthy person whose wealth is his sole passport into society. I believe that a habit of respect is good for the human race.” BelieveHumansPersonsI BelieveWealthPayRaceHabitWorshipRespectCourtQueensHuman RaceSoleUnworthyPassports Author:M. E. W. Sherwood
“Those who marry God can become domesticated too - it's just as hum-drum a marriage as all the others. The word Love means a formal touch of the lips as in the ceremony of the Mass, and Ave Maria like dearest is a phrase to open a letter. This marriage like the world's marriages was held together by habits and tastes shared in common between God and themselves - it was God's taste to be worshipped and their taste to worship, but only at stated hours like a suburban embrace on a Saturday night.” WorldLoveMeanTogetherNightHoursChurchCommonHabitTasteWorshipMassLettersEmbraceLipsPhrasesFormalSaturdayCeremonySaturday NightLove MeansWords Love Book:A Burnt Out Case Source: A Burnt Out Case
“Let my lips avoid vain repetition as I lift my voice in praise, O Lord. Distract me from my distractions, awaken me from the dullness of mind, and transform habit and routine into vibrant times of worship.” MindVoiceLordHabitWorshipPraiseLipsLiftsVainRoutineDistractionRepetitionDullness Book:The Heart of Praise: Daily Ways to Worship the Father with Psalms Source: The Heart of Praise: Daily Ways to Worship the Father with Psalms
“The policy of the emperors and the senate, as far as it concerned religion, was happily seconded by the reflections of the enlightened, and by the habits of the superstitious, part of their subjects. The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord.” PeopleWorldReligiousSubjectsPolicyHabitWorshipReflectionConcernedPhilosopherVariousEnlightenedMutualSenateIndulgenceEmperorSuperstitiousTolerationMagistrates Author:Edward Gibbon