Quotes about Community
We all came in on different ships, but we're all in the same boat now
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
— John Calvin
As the Church is the aggregate of believers, there is an intimate analogy between the experience of the individual believer, and of the Church as a whole.
— Charles Hodge
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
The Church exists by mission, just as a fire exists by burning. Where there is no mission there is no Church; and where there is neither Church nor mission, there is no faith.
— Emil Brunner
A faith that is afraid of other people is no faith at all.
— Thomas Merton
What the church most needs is not heroes of faith, but faithful followers of Jesus.
— Scot McKnight
The Church is a perpetual construction site.
— Henri de Lubac
The fact remains that we are invited to forget ourselves on purpose, cast our awful solemnity to the wind, and join in the general Dance.
— Thomas Merton
Your faith will grow only in the measure that you give it away.
— Robert Barron
Faith in Jesus must be personal but it cannot be private.
— Rick Warren
Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses.
— CS Lewis