David Gregory

As a Jew, I recognize the importance of Israel historically, liturgically: its place in our history and in our sacred texts. I fully recognize and appreciate that. I just think that, for me, a sole focus on Israel gets in the way of the pursuit of a relationship with God and a more spiritual existence within Judaism.

American Journalist

Andre Previn

Music critics have made it quite clear that any composer who ever contributed a four-bar jingle to a film was to be referred to as a 'Hollywood composer' from then on, even if the rest of his output were to consist solely of liturgical organ sonatas.

German Musician

Richard Corliss

In their plush melodies and plummy platitudes, many Rodgers-and-Hammerstein songs were secular hymns, which so insinuated themselves into the ear of the Eisenhower-era listener that they became the liturgical music for the American mid-century.

American Writer

Bill Murray

All of us kids ended up 'doing Mom.' There are four of us who've tried show business. Five if you insist on counting my sister the nun, who does liturgical dance.

American Actor

Jay Parini

I have a mystical bent, and I pursue daily meditations that follow the liturgical calendar - what are called the 'daily offices' of the church.

Stanley Hauerwas

War is America's central liturgical act necessary to renew our sense that we are a nation unlike other nations.

American Theologian

Richard Morris

Catholic liturgical music, it would seem, is everywhere but in the Catholic Church itself.

English Clergyman

Marilynne Robinson

I listen to Bach a great deal. In general I like to listen to hymns and liturgical music.

American Novelist

Used mainly to describe elements of worship in Christian contexts, can be specific to a denomination.

Religious Context

Emphasizes the set order or tradition in religious ceremonies.

Ritual Importance

The term can reflect the diverse cultural practices within religious rituals.

Cultural Diversity

 to think about sanitation that will perhaps help ameliorate the stigma and bring them into this conversation of how to craft a city that is sustainable and humane. Their work, I think, is kind of liturgical. They're on the streets every day, rhythmically.

Liturgical