Merle Dandridge Quotes

I believe I am not mistaken in saying that Christianity is a demanding and serious religion. When it is delivered as easy and amusing, it is another kind of religion altogether.

I was raised in the church.

I grew up in the church, and I feel very strongly about it.

The Church should not be confused with religion.

The religion of which you are a part is 7 days a week. It isn't just Sunday, it isn't the block plan, it isn't just 3 hours in church, it isn't just the time you spend in Seminary - it's all the time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

I try hard to be a good Catholic.

The first thing I do when I start my day is, I get down on my hands and knees and give thanks to God. Whenever I go outside of my house, the first thing I do is stop at the church.

I was always a God guy.

Since my mother is an extremely devoted Christian Orthodox woman, she prayed a great deal and taught me how to pray.

I was an altar boy. My mother wanted me to be a priest. I am very Christian and Catholic. ... I'm very faithful. I believe in God, in Jesus Christ.

There is too much theology in the Church now, and too little of the Gospel.

The past was more Christian? At times perhaps, in others, though, no.

I am a pastor so I eat and breathe the Church.

I love Jesus.

Yes, though I have nothing but gratitude for my upbringing in the church.

I think people often come to the synagogue, mosque, the church looking for God, and what we give them is religion.

I understood that the Church had a Heart, and that this Heart was burning with love.

I believe in the Bible, and I believe in Jesus. It's a big part of my life.

Apparently God takes reception of Holy Communion seriously. Apparently some things are more sacred than politics. Apparently it's all or nothing when it comes to being Catholic.

I have always had a deep connection with my faith, and I was fortunate to have been brought up in a Christian environment. My faith is a very important part of who I am.

I am a Christian.

Well, I believe in God. I taught Sunday school.

In Latin America in general, it's very important that Christianity not be simply a thing of reason, but also of the heart.

My family is a praying family, a Christian family.

My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn't raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead.