#priest

If it came to saving the life of one priest or sacrificing the life of an entire congregation, the church would save the life of the priest. Which is backwards, of course. ↗

— Rob Walton

#came #church #congregation #course #entire

The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch, the priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and Reason will be the code of laws to all mankind. ↗

— Adam Weishaupt

#code #every #family #head #his

I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a priest or about the major directions my ministry has taken me... I have been and am happy as a priest, and I have never been lonely... I could have used a bit more solitude. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#am #become #been #bit #could

One cannot escape the harsh fact that as a ministerial profession, the priesthood has very serious problems. They are not new. They did not develop yesterday or last year. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#develop #did #escape #fact #harsh

Priest organizations around the country, both local and national, should realize that their membership has a serious image problem and undertake programs to improve it. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#both #country #image #improve #local

The Catholic men are more upset about women not being able to be priests than are Catholic women. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#about #being #catholic #men #more

There is good news in the data the strongest support for priests is to be found among the younger generation. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#data #found #generation #good #good news

If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest. ↗

— G. I. Gurdjieff

#friends #lose #make #priest #want

Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind. ↗