Hallelujah Quotes

“One thing I appreciate about the liturgical year is that when it becomes a part of your family culture, it can have a stabilizing affect. As life swirls around us, we have the familiarity of the same activities, traditions, smells, sounds, and words to keep us anchored. And what better to be anchored to than the Church (the Bride of Christ) and (as the Bride of Christ) to Christ himself?”
― Cindy Rollins, Hallelujah: A Journey through Advent with Handel's Messiah

“This sequence mirrors the whole story of the Church — a story of blessing and hardship, growth and persecution. The church calendar prepares us for the valleys and mountains life contains for all of us. More importantly, by focusing the major seasons of the year on the life of Christ, the church calendar teaches us that, whether we are metaphorically in times of “feasting” or “fasting,” the center of life is Jesus.”
― Cindy Rollins, Hallelujah: A Journey through Advent with Handel's Messiah

“we are better equipped to obey the Lord’s most oft-repeated commandment to the children of Israel: remember. Remember the Lord in good times and bad. Remember the Lord in every season of life.”
― Cindy Rollins, Hallelujah: A Journey through Advent with Handel's Messiah

“I need rituals that encourage me to embrace what is repetitive, ancient, and quiet. But what I crave is novelty and stimulation.” We could all use some help patterning our lives after what we need rather than what we crave, after what is “repetitive, ancient, and quiet” rather than what keeps us insulated from greater “Christian tradition, belief and practice.” Learning to order our lives according to the church calendar provides a significant help for correcting these tendencies”
― Cindy Rollins, Hallelujah: A Journey through Advent with Handel's Messiah