The Season Of Lent Famous Quotes & Sayings
19 The Season Of Lent Famous Sayings, Quotes and Quotation.
Divorced?'— John Crowley
'Separated.'
He tested his thumb against the pricks of the rose. 'Women. They say you got all the freedom. Then you give them their freedom, and they don't want it.' ("Novelty")
The season of Lent is a participation in God's life, not an entrance fee to heaven. Our security comes from resting in God's free gift.— Aaron Damiani
The season of Lent is puzzling to many. Denying ourselves our favorite treats or habits - even for a short time - seems archaic in our I-want-it-now culture. Lent is a plodding, definitive crescendo that leads up to the cacophonous noise of Good Friday and the gorgeous aria of Easter. It's a season marked by deliberateness and intentionality.— Anonymous
I will tell you what's left, three profound blessings. In his first letter to the Corinthians, Saint Paul tells us exactly what they are: faith, hope, and love,. These gifts, which are the foundation of eternity, God has given to us and he's given us complete control over them. Even in the darkest night it's still within our power to hold faith. We can still embrace hope. And although we may feel ourselves unloved we can still stand steadfast in our love for others and for God. All this is in our control. God gave us these gifts and he does not take them back. It is we who chooses to discard them.— William Kent Krueger
Jealousy was essentially "I want what you have," while envy was "I want what you have, but I also want to take it away so you can't have it.— Meg Wolitzer
Daddy, you said ass.— Kimi Flores
Physiology has, at last, gained control over the nerves which stimulate the gastric glands and the pancreas.— Ivan Pavlov
Each year in early spring, during the season of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday and concludes on Easter, a plenitude of books, magazine articles, and television shows about Jesus appear.— Jay Parini
Business is all about solving people's problems - at a profit.— Paul Marsden
Age plays cruel tricks on the human face; all our repressed feelings become visible on the surface, where they harden like a mask.— Sue Grafton
Miracles do happen. You just admitted to a mistake. What was your mistake? Not f-cking me sooner?'— Tiffany Reisz
'It was my mistaken-' he turned and met her eyes '-thinking we had all the time in the world.
During the season of Lent which begins today, we renew our commitment to the path of conversion, making more room for God in our lives.— Pope Benedict XVI
Dear Lord, we are now as a church in the holy Season of Lent. These are days of salvation, these are the acceptable days. I know that I am a sinner, that in many ways I have offended You. I see that sin withers Your life within me, as drought withers the leaves on a tree in the desert. Help me now, Lord, in my attempt to turn from sin. Bless my efforts with the rich blessing of Your grace. Help me to see that the least thing I do for You, or give up for You, will be rewarded by You "full measure, pressed down, shaken together and flowing over." Then I shall see in my own soul how the desert can blossom, and the dry and wasted land bring forth the rich, useful fruit which was expected of it from the beginning. Amen. - COUNTRY PRAYER FOR LENT,— David P. Gushee
And if humanity is the last war, then I am the battlefield.— Rick Yancey
I need to live up to my potential, wherever that may be, in all aspects of my life. My head gets in the way, and I need to look at the big picture - that this is the best, and I am living my dream.— Chris Cole
This was the kack's cradle, icky-poo's bassinet. It was Death and Diarrhea, singing duet.— Jack Bunbury
After years of watching my parents -I always assumed marriage meant loving someone so much that you were blind to everything and everyone else. And when your eyes were finally opened you'd hate that person so much that all you wanted was to see them hurt, no matter what it cost. I never wanted to live like that. But with Kai, we aren't blind to the world. He doesn't blind me, being with him makes the world clearer. My eyes are open and there's no way I'd ever want to hurt him.— H.R. Willaston
The classic comedian says there's nothing that's taboo; if you laugh at one thing you've got to laugh at everything, that comedy is taking people to dark areas and showing them the light.— Bo Burnham
I would love to make a film about aging that would take place before the war. It would follow the stages in the life of a woman who would not have at her disposal the resources of today like cosmetic surgery, creams and pills.— Roman Polanski
