“Time would fail me were I to try to lay before you in order all the passages in the Holy Scriptures which relate to the efficacy of baptism or to explain the mysterious doctrine of that second birth which though it is our second is yet our first in Christ.” TryingFirstsOrderChristFailingBirthHolyLaysScriptureDoctrineMysteriousRelatePassagesBaptismHoly ScripturesEfficacy Book:The Sacred Writings of Saint Jerome (Annotated Edition) Source: The Sacred Writings of Saint Jerome (Annotated Edition)
“Childbirth being one's most significant life passage, those close to us when we open to birth a baby will never be forgotten.” BabyBirthForgottenSignificantPassagesChildbirth Author:Robin Lim
“Afford every soul you encounter the wide and free passage they need to give birth to the dear expressions they feel are important.” NeedsGivingFeelsImportantSoulExpressionBirthDearWideEncountersPassages Author:Bryant H. McGill
“The whole life of Christ was a continual Passion; others die martyrs but Christ was born a martyr. He found a Golgotha even in Bethlehem, where he was born; for to his tenderness then the straws were almost as sharp as the thorns after, and the manger as uneasy at first as his cross at last. His birth and his death were but one continual act, and his Christmas day and his Good Friday are but the evening and morning of one and the same day. And as even his birth is his death, so every action and passage that manifests Christ to us is his birth, for Epiphany is manifestation.” FirstsWholeActionLastsDiesPassionFoundChristBornMorningBirthCrossesWhole LifeEveningManifestationPassagesTendernessFridayMartyrThornsEpiphanyStrawsUneasyChristmas DayGood FridayBethlehemGolgotha Author:John Donne
“After Birth is a fast-talking, opinionated, moody, funny, and slightly desperate account of the attempt to recover from having a baby. It is a romp through dangerous waters, in which passages of hilarity are shadowed by the dark nights of earliest motherhood, those months so tremulous with both new love and the despairing loss of one's identity-to read it is an absorbing, entertaining, and thought-provoking experience.” NightWaterDarkLossTalkingDangerousIdentityBabyMonthsBirthAccountsMotherhoodDesperateThought ProvokingPassagesEntertainingProvokingAbsorbingHaving A BabyDark NightOpinionatedMoodyHilarity Author:Lydia Davis
“Giving birth is little more than a set of muscular contractions granting passage of a child. Then the mother is born.” GivingChildrenLittlesMotherBornBirthPassagesGiving BirthContractions Author:Erma Bombeck
“We’re Nephilim. Every one of our life’s passages has some mystical component — our births, our deaths, our, marriages, everything has a ceremony and a rune. There is one as well if you wish to become someone’s parabatai. It’s no small commitment.” IfsWellsWishOur LivesBirthCommitmentPassagesMysticalComponentsCeremonyJem CarstairsParabataiRunesNephilim Author:Cassandra Clare