“How can we speak of right and justice if we take an innocent creature and shed its blood? How can we pray to God for mercy if we ourselves have no mercy? Nobel laureate in literature.” IfsLiteratureSpeakJusticeBloodPrayingCreaturesMercyInnocentShedNobelPraying To God Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer
“If I wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, I must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened.” IfsWritingWellsWishUnderstandingBloodPrayingAngryVeins Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Pray, always pray; beneath sins heaviest load, Prayer claims the blood from Jesus' side that flowed. Pray, always pray; though weary, faint, and lone, Prayer nestles by the Father's sheltering throne.” FatherJesusSidesPrayerSinBloodPrayingClaimsLoadThronesWearyLone Author:A. B. Simpson
“My God, whose son, as on this night, took on Him the form of man, and for man vouchsafed to suffer and bleed, controls thy hand, and without His behest, thou canst not strike a stroke. My God is sinless, eternal, all-wise, and in Him is my trust, and though stripped and crushed by thee, -though naked, desolate, void of resource- I do not despair:where the lance of Guthrum now wet with my blood, I should not despair. I watch, I toil, I hope, I pray: Jehovah, in His own time, will aid.” MenShouldHandsFormNightSufferingWatchesWiseBloodSonPrayingDespairEternalResourcesStrikesAidsNakedTheeVoidWetStrokesToilI PrayCrushedJehovahDesolate Book:The Professor Source: The Professor
“As Christians, our duty is to pray for them and ask the Lord to give them the grace of penance, so that they don't die with a corrupt heart, because otherwise the dogs of hell will take their blood.” GivingHeartChristianDiesAsksLordHellGraceBloodDogDutyPrayingPenance Author:Pope Francis
“Salomé, Salomé, dance for me. I pray thee dance for me. I am sad to-night. Yes, I am passing sad to-night. When I came hither I slipped in blood, which is an evil omen; and I heard, I am sure I heard in the air a beating of wings, a beating of giant wings. I cannot tell what they mean .... I am sad to-night. Therefore dance for me. Dance for me, Salomé, I beseech you. If you dance for me you may ask of me what you will, and I will give it you, even unto the half of my kingdom.” IfsGivingMayMeanNightEvilAsksHalfHeardAirBloodPrayingWingsLustPassingKingdomsPassingsTheeGiantsI PrayOmen Book:The Plays of Oscar Wilde Source: The Plays of Oscar Wilde