Quotes About Ritual

Oh, Lord, we are not of those who wash in wine, water, urine, vinegar, fire, oil, bay rum, milk, brandy, or boric acid. Oh, Lord, we are of those who wash solely in the Blood of the Lamb.

You would think," added Art, "that a wedding was a great thing." "Well," replied Old Hector, "it's not a small thing, as a rule. They contrive, one way or another, to make a lot of it.

On television, religion, like everything else, is presented, quite simply and without apology, as an entertainment. Everything that makes religion an historic, profound, sacred human activity is stripped away; there is no ritual, no dogma, no tradition, no theology, and above all, no sense of spiritual transcendence.

habit is the most inhibiting force in the world.

When he was small he held the label inside his pillowcase when he slept. Only I know that. I was not a sleeper. His hand in sleep searched to find it. He would take the label between thumb and forefinger and just move it slightly against itself, over and back, as if the smallest friction was sufficient, as if with that he knew he was still in the world.

The rosary was said in most houses then, but in few midnight gardens. The version that night was murmured and swift. By native decree, and the proven truth that no nation spoke faster, punctuation in prayer had been long ago dispensed with, breathless delivery was acceptable to the Lord who could pause, parse and separate the string of prayers in His own time.

dangles of rosary beads moving through fingers like some circular riverworks of soul. The Men's Aisle didn't fill until

cuando se ha cumplido el ritual de lanzar tres puñados de tierra sobre la tumba de los difuntos éstos no regresan

The anti-cultic attitude is rooted in the theology of Martin Luther. Protestant scholars have dominated modern biblical scholarship until recently. This is especially true for German scholarship of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which is still influential today. Aversion to ritual dominates this scholarship.

Coffee is a vital element of a first-rate day.

What a waste and fuss for a bit of water and a few words.

The three women were gracious but remote, dry-eyed players in the royal mummery of Eorpwald and Edwin's grander farewell: the pledges of honor and allegiance between king and overking.

The gesture, rather than the word, is the true transmitter of traditions.

Gießen Sie sich einen Schluck ein, bevor Sie anfangen zu kochen.

In Rahel's song, henna was blood and blood was henna.

had ceremonial

?]ntihar edenlere tören yap?lmaz, böyle intikamc? Tanr?'ya tap?lmaz.

They're good words. Not good enough to welcome a child into the world and into the community. No words are good enough to do that, and yet, somehow, words are needed. Ceremony is needed.

Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage.

The old method for dealing with bad dreams is to tell them aloud above the toilet bowl, and then flush them away.

Iacchus, Iacchus,

When all are seated, the jikijitsu claps the taku (wooden clappers) once, followed by the four successive rings of the small metal bell called inkin at measured intervals. This is the sign of shijo, which means the beginning of samadhi or zazen. In the ensuing period of quietness, the slightest movement of our bodies, even coughing, is forbidden.

After the passage of a given length of time, the jikijitsu again rings his bell once and claps his clappers twice. Then comes a short break of about ten minutes. Sometimes during this break kinhin (meditative walking) takes place in the meditation hall.

Life will go on as long as there is someone to sing, to dance, to tell stories and to listen.