“Even as he would be guilty of falsehood who would, in the name of another person, proffer things that are not committed to him, so too does a man incur the guilt of falsehood who, on the part of the Church, gives worship to God contrary to the manner established by the Church or divine authority, and according to ecclesiastical custom.” MenGivingPersonsDoeWould BeNamesChurchDivineHe ManAuthorityWorshipGuiltCommittedContraryGuiltyCustomsCatholicismFalsehood Book:Summa Theologica.ed Source: Summa Theologica.ed
“Religion assures us that our afflictions shall have an end; she comforts us, she dries our tears, she promises us another life. On the contrary, in the abominable worship of atheism, human woes are the incense, death is the priest, a coffin the altar, and annihilation the Deity.” HumansEndsAtheismTearsComfortPromiseWorshipContraryPriestsAfflictionWoeDeitiesAltarsCoffinsAnnihilationAnother LifeIncense Author:François-René de Chateaubriand
“It is contrary to the worship that is in contentedness.” WorshipContraryContentedness Author:Jeremiah
“Congress should not establish a religion, and enforce the legal observation of it by law, nor compel men to worship God in any Manner contrary to their conscience.” MenShouldLawAtheismWorshipConscienceCongressPositive AtheismContraryObservationWorship God Book:Writings Source: Writings
“It is a Constitution that morphs while you look at it like Plasticman.... That is contrary to our whole tradition, to in God we trust on the coins, to Thanksgiving proclamations, to (Congressional) chaplains, to tax exemption for places of worship, which has always existed in America.” LooksWholeAmericaTaxesWorshipTraditionConstitutionScaryContraryCoinsProclamationExemptionChaplainsGod We TrustPlaces Of Worship Author:Antonin Scalia
“Contrary to popular belief, we (millennials) can't be won back with hipper worship bands, fancy coffee shops, or pastors who wear skinny jeans.” BeliefBandWorshipContraryCoffeeFancyShopsPastorJeansSkinnyMillennialsCoffee ShopContrary To Popular BeliefSkinny Jeans Book:Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church Source: Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church
“To worship God is to admit that we are entirely contrary to Him, and that He is willing to make us like Himself.” WillingWorshipContraryWorship GodWorship Music Author:Brother Lawrence
“To worship God in truth is further to admit that we are entirely contrary to Him, and that He is willing to make us like Himself if we desire it. Who will be so imprudent as to turn himself away, even for a moment, from the reverence, love, service and continual adoration which we most justly owe Him?” IfsMomentsDesireTurnsWillingTruth IsWorshipContraryReverenceAdorationWorship God Author:Brother Lawrence
“Children demand that their heroes should be freckle less, and easily believe them so: perhaps a first discovery to the contrary is less revolutionary shock to a passionate child than the threatened downfall of habitual beliefs which makes the world seem to totter for us in maturer life.” WorldShouldFirstsBelieveChildrenSeemsBeliefHeroDemandWorshipDiscoveryPassionateContraryRevolutionaryShockHeroismThreatenedRebelliousHabitualDownfallFrecklesBeing A Hero Author:George Eliot
“LOVE is essentially self-communicative: those who do not have it catch it from those who have it.... No amount of rites, rituals, ceremonies, worship, meditation, penance and remembrance can produce love in themselves. None of these is necessarily a sign of love. On the contrary, those who sigh loudly and weep and wail have yet to experience love. Love sets on fire the one who finds it. At the same time it seals his lips so that no smoke comes out” LoveSelfLove IsFireMeditationProduceAmountWorshipLipsContrarySmokeRitualRemembranceSighCeremonySealsRitePenanceExperience LoveSigns Of Love Author:Meher Baba