16 Parish Quotes for You to Enjoy

I look upon the whole world as my parish. John Wesley

World Parish Look Whole

I wouldn't say the world is my parish, but my readers are my parish. And especially the readers that write to me. They're my parish. And it's a responsibility that I enjoy. Andrew Greeley

Me World Responsibility Enjoy Say Parish Write Readers

My brothers went to the parish school, one of the best in the county. Catherine Helen Spence

Best School Brothers Parish County

I am very much looking forward to being a parish priest. David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes

Looking Parish Priest Looking Forward Am Very Being Much Forward

At the parish level, where the church lives and moves and breathes, that's where we need to be engaging our people much more in understanding the Word of God... the Word of God reflected in the traditional teaching of the church, the Word of God reflected in the scriptures, is as much a part of their lives as anything else. Donald Wuerl

God People Word Church Understanding Else Our Our People More Parish Part Traditional Reflected Where Moves Anything Anything Else Scriptures Breathes Much Engaging Teaching Lives Level Need

I once saw my mother playing Mary Magdalene in a parish event. But she had to put the role aside in order to go and front the choir who were singing at the same occasion. She left the stage halfway through the Crucifixion. Fiona Shaw

Mother Singing Stage Once Saw Parish Through Mary Crucifixion Had Put She Occasion Halfway Go Were Left Role Same Front Order Aside Choir Who Event Playing

Numbers of snipes breed every summer in some moory ground on the verge of this parish. Gilbert White

Every Summer Some Parish Verge Breed Ground Numbers

Once in my childhood I had been eager to learn Irish; I thought to get leave to take lessons from an old Scripture-reader who spent a part of his time in the parish of Killinane, teaching such scholars as he could find to read their own language in the hope that they might turn to the only book then being printed in Irish, the Bible. Lady Gregory

Hope Time Bible Book Old Language Thought Own Once Spent Find Only Parish Could Take Had Scholars He Part Learn Read Printed Leave Been His Irish Get Childhood Being Might Turn Then Teaching Who Lessons Eager

I just wanted to be an ordinary parish priest. Martin Scorsese

Parish Priest Just Wanted Ordinary

It is very important for a priest, in the parish itself, to see how people trust in him and to experience, in addition to their trust, also their generosity in pardoning his weaknesses. Pope Benedict XVI

Trust Experience People Important Addition Weaknesses See Parish Priest Generosity Also Him How His Itself Very

Should the time come when the county family will be taken away, then the parish will feel for some time like a mouth from which a molar has been drawn - there will be a vacancy that will cause unrest and discomfort. Sabine Baring-Gould

I remember in one parish a terrible row over the ideal size of mince pies, and in another two great ladies dashing trays of pancakes to the vicarage floor in a controversy over whether to roll or to fold. But the real arena for food combat is television. Richard Coles

Food Great Remember Mince Television I Remember Fold Parish Arena Combat Ideal Over Terrible Another Real Roll Controversy Ladies Size Whether Floor Row Two Pancakes

In the church I am very accountable, to the parish and the deanery; in the media thing I am not really accountable, I am out there on my own as a sort of busy, recognised religious person. Richard Coles

I Am Church Own Busy Recognised Out Religious Religious Person My Own Parish Sort Am Very Accountable Person Really Media Thing

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