Seek out your bishop. He will show you how to repent and will help you do it.
God is love, the bishops tell. Yes, I know, But love is hell.
Christ will remain a priest and king; though He was never consecrated by any papist bishop or greased by any of those shavelings; but he was ordained and consecrated by God Himself, and by Him anointed.
Emma took the revelation, on polygamy supposed she had all there was; but Joseph had wisdom enough to take care of it, and he had handed the revelation to Bishop Whitney, and he wrote it all off. . . She went to the fireplace and put it in, and put a candle under it and burnt it, and she thought that was the end of it, and she will be damned as sure as she is a living woman. Joseph used to say that he would have her hereafter, if he had to go to hell for her, and he will have to go to hell for her as sure as he ever gets her.
When we walk without the cross, when we build without the cross and when we proclaim Christ without the cross, we are not disciples of the Lord. We are worldly. We may be bishops, priests, cardinals, popes, all of this, but we are not disciples of the Lord.
Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c. 460 The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and found wanting--it has been found wanting, and not tried.
No one who reads and reveres the New Testament should doubt for a second that the pious poor and marginalized have something to teach all of us - including German theologian-bishops - about the truth of the Gospel and the mysteries of the Kingdom of God.
All liaisons between homosexuals are conducted as though they were between a chorus girl and a bishop. In some cases both parties think they are bishops.
It is fascinating to see how much Pope Francis relies on the work of the bishops in the Synods.
The first proof of charity in a priest, especially a bishop, is poverty.
Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.
He convinced me - Fred Freeman - to go to Hollywood and we went to Hollywood to write sitcoms. Joey Bishop actually paid my way to Hollywood.
I think God is back, I think there is a huge amount of spiritual interest in the country. And I think the bishops are supportive of it because they see people's lives being changed. They see the difference. I see people who've been in prison, whose lives have been messed up, who've been alcoholics, who've been drug addicts, set free and contributing to society.
Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church
The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path.
I've had to remove all mirrors from my home. I just can't seem to look at myself without having to buff the bishop, you know?
In a word, we owe obedience to the bishops in all things pertaining to our work in the missions, with ordinands, etc. , but the spiritual and internal direction belongs to the Superior General.
I don't think," he said, "that a vicar is supposed to beat a bishop to death, or even back to death. " Mr. Berkeley looked down upon the remains of Bishop Bernard. "If anyone asks, we'll say he fell over," he said. "Lots of times.
I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop
There is no better motto which it [culture] can have than these words of Bishop Wilson, "To make reason and the will of God prevail. "