Christian Quotes

A Pharisee is hard on others and easy on himself, but a spiritual man is easy on others and hard on himself.

The only thing I know for sure is that the words I read as coming from Jesus Christ are the most truthful thing I have ever heard.

Let the Sun illuminate the words that you could not find

If you could see humanity spread out in time, as God sees it, it would look like one single growing thing - rather like a very complicated tree. Every individual would appear connected with every other.

When you understand and accept that you are powerless, now you become very powerful. Because you know what’s really important. You realise you’ve only been dealing with half of your being- the physical, the material. When you understand humility, that leads you to a suppression of the ego. And you understand that all of us feel that way. We all feel broken, powerless. We’re all dealing with fear, anxiety, nothingness; the smallness of our being.

When we discover, when we truly understand that we are loved, by virtue of being human – that is what we might call ‘grace’ or a moment of clarity. Whether you believe in a higher power, the ‘One’, the ‘Other’, Christ, consciousness of God, whatever it is. When you come to that understanding that you are loved, everything changes.

God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.

Nothing will ease his pain, nothing make life a thing worth having, but the presence of the living God within him.

I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians, they are so unlike your Christ.

King of kings, yet born of Mary,
As of old on earth He stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture,
In the body and the blood;
He will give to all the faithful
His own self for heavenly food.

King of kings, yet born of Mary,
As of old on earth He stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture,
In the body and the blood;
He will give to all the faithful
His own self for heavenly food.

The Catholics in China are struggling to have the right to do things as the rest of the Church, that it really strikes me--hard--when I see an American priest just plain ignoring these things because he feels like it.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

And, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
[...] And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; [...] to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

Some keep the Sabbath going to church—
I keep it, staying at home—
With a bobolink for a chorister—
And an orchard for a dome.

I shall have no right to participate in the reconstruction of Christian life in Germany after the war if I do not share the trials of this time with my people.

Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin?
The Blood of Jesus whispers peace within.