Quotes about Proper

Solemnity is proper in church, but things that are proper in church are not necessarily proper outside, and vice versa. For example, I can say a prayer while washing my teeth, but that does not mean I should wash my teeth in church.

We should pray when we are in a praying mood, for it would be sinful to neglect so fair an opportunity. We should pray when we are not in a proper mood, for it would be dangerous to remain in so unhealthy a condition.

Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist which is administered either by the bishop or by one to whom he has entrusted it.

In the prophetic tradition the continual insistence is that trusting relationships and not tradable commodities are the proper category for communion with God.

As a good wine must be kept in a good cask, so a wholesome body is the proper foundation for a well-appointed inner ground.