Quotes about Church Mothers

My mother was a regular church-goer and was very tolerant. Votes: 2

I dream of a church that is a mother and shepherdess. Votes: 2

I attended Sunday School and then church with my father and mother throughout my childhood. Votes: 2

Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself. Votes: 2

My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church. Votes: 2

My mother was a not-too-devoted atheist. She went to Episcopal church on Christmas Eve every year, and that was mostly it. Votes: 2

When I came to CBS it was the mother church. I mean that was - everybody wanted to go to work for CBS News. Votes: 2

My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward. Votes: 2

Music was a central part of my childhood because my mother played organ and piano in the church, and that meant all us kids had to be in the church choir. Votes: 2

My mother was a wonderful, wonderful woman with a lovely voice who hated housework, hated cooking even more and loved her children. She was always arranging church activities such as a bazaar. Votes: 2

A church without women would be like the apostolic college without Mary. The Madonna is more important than the apostles, and the church herself is feminine, the spouse of Christ and a mother. Votes: 2

My first memories of religion were being taken to Episcopal church. My father was Catholic, but my mother, I believe, was Episcopal. So I sort of veered off into the watered-down version of Catholicism. Votes: 2

I heard stories from my mother's mother who was an American Indian. She was spiritual, although she did not go to church, but she had the hum. She used to tell me stories of the rivers. Votes: 2

My parents were terrific - mother was a church organist and my father was probably the most respected person in our church outside of the minister and sometimes maybe that much. The neighbors all called him - a gentleman. Votes: 2

My mother is not a Catholic, but she's always tried to drag my brother and my sister and I to church from a very young age, and we have always put up a little bit of a rebellion against it. Votes: 2

When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children got from their mother - and I absolutely refused to believe women carry Original Sin. Votes: 2

My mother attended the local church, Saint Nicolas, and consequently, I attended that church and its Sunday School. My only prizes from the Sunday School were 'for attendance,' so I presume my atheism, which developed when I left home to attend university, although latent, was discernible. Votes: 2

My mother and grandmother had me in church, and I was the kid that played in church. But pastor was telling me something totally different that there was a God. He knit me together in my mother's womb. He made me special. He wanted to have a personal relationship with me. Votes: 2

I grew up the son of a Seventh Day Adventist minister, so I was really close to the church and sang church music between sips at my bottle, you know? I sat on the piano bench next to my mother. She was the church organist, so that music is deeply inside of me. Votes: 2

I was raised in a little church, the Grundy Methodist Church, that was very straight-laced, but I had a friend whose mother spoke in tongues. I was just wild for this family. My own parents were older, and they were so over-protective. I just loved the 'letting go' that would happen when I went to church with my friend. Votes: 2

God promised by the mouth of Isaiah that queens should be the nursing mothers of the church... Votes: 0

To all fathers and mothers of the Church, tell your children that you love them and that you are so happy to have them in your family. Votes: 0