Top 26 Quotes by Richard Morris

But nowadays hymns are the norm, because people don't have much else to sing.

Ironically, we live in times that are awash in authentic sacred music.

Once the Mass is restored to its rightful place, we will again see choirs being developed.

Record stores have whole sections devoted to the chant.

The democratic and pedestrian character of the new Mass itself seems to invite the ditties that pass for hymns these days.

It would be difficult to discover the truth about the universe if we refused to consider anything that might be true.

There's nothing stupider than bursting into song for seven seconds and then falling silent again.

All you hear Catholics turning out these days are pop versions of the old Protestant anthems.

And this speaks to the larger problem that no one wants to talk about: the restoration of the Roman rite is a precondition for a long-term fix for the problem.

You can read about it all you want, but there is no substitute for just doing it.