#priest

The pinafore of the child will be more than a match for the frock of the bishop and the surplice of the priest. ↗

— James Martineau

#child #match #more #priest #than

I considered becoming a priest very seriously. I wanted to travel the world. By the time I turned 16, I realized I was only in it for selfish reasons. And, more importantly, I didn't want to sacrifice the ladies! ↗

— James McAvoy

#by the time #considered #i #importantly #ladies

Priesthood is forever and does not cease when a priest cannot carry out that priestly ministry. ↗

— Arthur Middleton

#carry #cease #does #forever #ministry

The priest is Christ's slave, and Christ himself took the form of a slave and became obedient to death. So the priest in serving human needs lives a Godward life, possessed by God and witnessing that only when lives are utterly possessed by God do they find their true freedom. ↗

— Arthur Middleton

#christ #death #find #form #freedom

The task of a priest, in some respects, may be different today, but the principles upon which Herbert built his life as a priest are of universal application. ↗

— Arthur Middleton

#be different #built #different #herbert #his

As priests uphold their people in prayer, so their people are to uphold them with prayer and love, for he cannot work without his people. ↗

— Arthur Middleton

#his #love #people #prayer #priests

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

#christ #church #dignity #duty #expression

I just wanted to be an ordinary parish priest. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#just #ordinary #parish #priest #wanted

The only people who like to live alone more than comics are priests. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#comics #like #live #more #only

Their kitchen is their shrine, the cook their priest, the table their altar, and their belly their god. ↗

— Charles Buck

#belly #cook #god #kitchen #priest