"If the ocean is good and worthy of praise before God, how much more beautiful is the assembly of a Church like this: where the voices of men, of women, of children, arise in our prayers to God, mingling and re-sounding like the waves which beat upon the shore." -St. Basil the Great

"Take heed often to come together to give thanks to God and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith." -St. Ignatius of Antioch