“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
“The Church expects that each of us carry a share of the burden of leadership. There is no paid clergy. The work is done because of a love of the cause. And as people serve, they grow in capacity. The time and effort is not a sacrifice because there is returned more than is given.” PeopleDoneGivenGrowsCausesChurchEffortSacrificeShareCapacityPaidBurdenClergy Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“I say unto you with all the soberness I can, that we stand in danger of losing our liberties, and that once lost, only blood will bring them back; and we of this church will, in order to keep the Church going forward, have more sacrifices to make, and more persecutions to endure than we have yet known. If the conspiracy comes here it will probably come in its full vigor and there will be a lot of vacant places among those who guide and direct, not only this government, but also this Church of ours.” IfsI CanGovernmentOrderLostChurchKnownLibertySacrificeBloodDangerLosingDirectEndureGuidesConspiracyPersecutionVigorVacant Author:J. Reuben Clark
“In the case of the Catholic Church, it's hard to understand how they so willfully sacrifice the children.” ChildrenHardChurchCasesSacrificeCatholicCatholic Church Author:Alex Gibney
“Since the Icelandic volcano obviously needs a virgin sacrifice and the Catholic Church obviously needs new leadership the Pope must volunteer to jump in the volcano. Pontiff, don't think of it as endorsing paganism, think of it as supersizing Ash Wednesday.” ThinkingNeedsChurchSacrificeCatholicAshesPopeVolunteerVirginsCatholic ChurchPaganismWednesdayVolcanoesEndorsingAsh Wednesday Author:Bill Maher
“In Revelation 12, we see a pure, holy woman giving birth to a son - a corporate son who brings victory by the blood of Jesus, their testimony and sacrifice. My vision is to see that kind of church moving in the authority, the sacrifice and love of Jesus.” GivingKindMovingJesusChurchVisionSacrificeBloodSonBirthVictoryHolyPureAuthorityAnd LoveCorporateRevelationsTestimonyMoving InGiving BirthBlood Of JesusLove And Sacrifice Author:John Noble
“The church for too long has followed Casper, the friendly ghost instead of seeking the fire of the Holy Spirit. We have turned limp at the thought of our own cross; we faint when we think of suffering or sacrifice. Beloved, it is time to embrace the fire of God's Presence. It is the fire that purifies our sacrifice.” ThinkingLongSpiritSufferingChurchFireSacrificeHolyCrossesEmbraceSeekingGhostBelovedHoly SpiritFriendlyGod's PresenceCasperFire Of God Author:Francis Frangipane
“My life and the life of my family has been completely disrupted in absolutely every way by starting the school-prayer case. 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 BeensMatterSchoolPoliticalProcessChurchPrayerCasesSacrificeFeetEconomicCostMy FamilyEarsStartingWetWorth ItPolitical PowerDrippingPersonal Sacrifice Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“The LDS Church teaches that Christ's atoning sacrifice enables the resurrection of all human beings and provides an opportunity for individuals to progress toward exaltation, meaning a higher level of glory within the celestial kingdom. Only those individuals who make and keep covenants with God on earth - beginning with baptism but also including additional ordinances - will be exalted into the presence of God and their savior for eternity.” EarthOpportunityIndividualChurchTeachProgressSacrificeGloryEternitySaviorResurrectionCelestialBaptismPresence Of God Author:John Turner
“The Eucharistic sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ embraces in turn the mystery of our Lord's continuing passion in the members of his mystical body, the church in every age.” BodyAgeTurnsPassionChristChurchLordSacrificeMysteryBloodMembersEmbraceContinuingMysticalOur LordEucharistic Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and sacrifice and utilised me as a martyr; the Church established by law transformed me into an unbeliever and an antagonist.” LawChurchSacrificeDangerCatholicMissionsTransformedMartyrCapturedCatholic ChurchUnbelieversAntagonistRoman CatholicRoman Catholic Church Book:Annie Besant: An Autobiography Source: Annie Besant: An Autobiography
“One does not structure the church to meet the felt needs and desires of the tares. The purpose of corporate assembly, which has its roots in the Old Testament, is for the people of God to come together corporately to offer their sacrifices of praise and worship to God. So the first rule of worship is that it be designed for believers to worship God in a way that pleases God.” PeopleWayNeedsFirstsDoeTogetherDesirePurposeFeltChurchSacrificePleaseOffersWorshipRootsPraiseStructureBelieverCorporateTestamentAssemblyOld TestamentWorship GodPraise And Worship Author:R. C. Sproul
“For more than 160 years, through the initiative of the French bishop Charles de Forbin Janson, the childhood of Jesus has become the icon for the commitment of Christian children who help the Church in her task of evangelization by prayer, sacrifice and gestures of solidarity....Thousands of children meet the needs of other children, driven by the love that the Son of God, become a child, brought to the earth. I say thanks to these little ones and I pray that they will always be missionaries.” NeedsYearsChildrenLittlesHelpingEarthChristianJesusChurchPrayerSacrificeChildhoodSonPrayingCommitmentTasksDrivenThanksGesturesInitiativeSolidarityI PrayIconsBishopsNeeds Of Others Author:Pope Benedict XVI