Sacredness

Sacredness, which is the mark of that purpose whose heir is blessedness, whose end is holiness, will be upon you until you die; maintain it, and let it be your chief concern, for though you neglect it, it will remain and avenge itself.

On Something Hilaire Belloc 1911

Sacredness of the gesture and sanctification of the one praying are not elements opposed to each other, but aspects of one single reality.

Mauro Gagliardi on the Centrality of the Crucified Christ in the Liturgical Celebration 2009

Josh, refusing to condone homosexual sexual acts or any sexual act that does not respect the Sacredness and Dignity of the Human Person is not oppression.

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize takes the fight... 2009

Sacredness was safeguarded by a series of boundaries.

Rabbi Justus N. Baird: Hey, That's Sacred Ground: Let's Talk About Where to Build that Mosque Rabbi Justus N. Baird 2010

Sacredness was safeguarded by a series of boundaries.

Rabbi Justus N. Baird: Hey, That's Sacred Ground: Let's Talk About Where to Build that Mosque 2010

Sacredness is so much more, it's part of a life and a relationship, a recognition that we all have our spaces and relations with each other.

Christopher Lydon: Real India: A Land Soon Without Tigers, and Maybe Orchids (AUDIO) 2010

The sense of Sacredness is, for that is what god is, the life force that drives us to build for the betterment of Man.

Most Expensive Living Artist - Lucian Freud 2008

My book: "A Taoist Politics: The Case for Sacredness" uses modern science to explain how societies get to revolutions and other bifurcations.

A National Assembly to End the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 2009

Another aspect of this theme is given by Thomas Moore about depression in his book, Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life, and his chapter called "Gifts of Depression":

Placing a "higher value" on suffering Meg 2009

Sacredness is in fact held to be enhanced in proportion as truth decreases and illusion increases, so that the highest degree of illusion comes to be the highest degree of sacredness.

The Society of the Spectacle- Guy Debord (translated by Ken Knabb) 2009