My songs will pass and be forgotten. What counts, however, is that I sang them. Andrew Greeley More Quotes by Andrew Greeley More Quotes From Andrew Greeley Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately lied to the people because he thought a war was essential than to have one who was so dumb as to be taken in by intelligence agencies, especially those who told him what he wanted to hear? Andrew Greeley agency taken war One cannot escape the harsh fact that as a ministerial profession, the priesthood has very serious problems. They are not new. They did not develop yesterday or last year. Andrew Greeley lasts yesterday years I don't think Jesus was an exclusivist. He said, and we believe, that He is the unique representation of God in the world. But that doesn't mean this is the only way God can work. Andrew Greeley mean believe jesus I think that the core doctrines of Christianity - the incarnation, the resurrection, life after death-these are as strong as ever. In fact, the belief in life after death has increased in this century. Andrew Greeley doctrine strong thinking I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a priest or about the major directions my ministry has taken me... I have been and am happy as a priest, and I have never been lonely... I could have used a bit more solitude. Andrew Greeley regret lonely taken Search for the perfect church if you will; when you find it, join it, and realize that on that day it becomes something less than perfect. Andrew Greeley realizing church perfect I think the real problem for American religion are those minority of fundamentalists who try to identify political policies with religion. Andrew Greeley political real thinking Nobody puts constraints on God. She doesn't like it. Andrew Greeley constraints The men who were running the church in the late '60s and '70s panicked when they saw the chaos, which developed after the council. The relatively modest changes of those years thawed the ice in which Catholicism had been frozen since the French Revolution. Andrew Greeley running men years Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left in the country? Andrew Greeley patience long country Since the end of the World War II, the United States has fought three "small" wars...we lost all three of them and for the same reason-hubris. Andrew Greeley united-states war peace I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad. Andrew Greeley disability fingers writing Priest organizations around the country, both local and national, should realize that their membership has a serious image problem and undertake programs to improve it. Andrew Greeley membership organization country The seminaries must face the fact that they are not turning out well-trained professional clergy. They must realize that preaching is creative work and that some element of creativity should be required as a condition for ordination. Andrew Greeley elements creativity creative The Catholic men are more upset about women not being able to be priests than are Catholic women. Andrew Greeley upset catholic men The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement... they pulled the plug on it. They tried and are still trying to return the church to the dry ice of the previous century and a half. Andrew Greeley ice church leadership An adolescent is somebody who is in between things. A teenager is somebody who's kind of permanently there. And so living with them through the various teenage hopes and sorrows and joys was curiously enough a maturing experience for me. Andrew Greeley teenage sorrow joy If there is not laughter in intimacy, it becomes heavy, burdensome, and dull. At my best moments, the love dialogue I try to carry on with You each day is comic-what could be more comic than a human addressing the Ground of Being as an intimate? It's a kind of blasphemy that I dare because you have called for it, and that is pretty humorous, too. Andrew Greeley laughter humorous trying Yet, if the most frequent sex and apparently the best sex is that between married partners who are faithful to one another, is there not a hint that affection might be an important aspect of sex? Even love? Andrew Greeley faithful important sex I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say and they tell me what they're doing. And I'm a third of the way into a novel and then I just let the characters finish it for me. Andrew Greeley writing character way
