#holy

Behold, I am become a reproach to thy holy name, by serving any ambition and the sins of others; which though I did by the persuasion of other men, yet my own conscience did cheek and upbraid me in it. ↗

— William Laud

#ambition #any #become #behold #cheek

I'd love to travel to the Holy Land. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

#holy land #i #land #love #travel

We're not at a point in time to be taking chances with children and young people in the church. The Holy Father himself said... there is no room in the priesthood or religious life for someone who has abused a child. I think he's right. ↗

— Roger Mahony

#child #children #church #father #himself

To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living. ↗

— John Henry Newman

#feed #his #holy #jesus #living

You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on your face every morning: 'Holy Christ, whaddya know - I'm still around!' It's absolutely amazing that I survived all the booze and smoking and the cars and the career. ↗

— Paul Newman

#am #amazing #around #booze #career

I was raised as a Baptist in the Bible Belt of the South. Until the age of 37, I had never heard anyone teach or preach about the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Oh yes, I had heard those scriptures read, more aptly read over, and had read over them myself, but I had never heard anyone try to explain this amazing experience or even give it any credence. ↗

— Kimberly Eady

#ghost #holy #spirt #spirtitual-growth #age

Feast of the Holy Innocents The most thrilling thing you can ever do is win someone to Christ. And it's contagious. Once you do it, you don't want to stop. ↗

— Luis Palau

#contagious #ever #feast #holy #innocents

It is better, however, for his own reputation that the story-teller should risk a few actions for libel on account of these unfortunate coincidences than that he should adopt the melancholy device of using blanks or asterisks. ↗

— James Payn

#actions #adopt #asterisks #better #blanks

Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise. ↗

— Karl Rahner

#advent #beautiful #celebrate #every #god

Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious. ↗

— Ramakrishna

#found #good #holy #make #many