“A moment, and its glory was no more. The sun went down beneath the long dark lines of hill and cloud which piled up in the west an airy city, wall heaped on wall, and battlement on battlement; the light was all withdrawn; the shining church turned cold and dark; the stream forgot to smile; the birds were silent; and the gloom of winter dwelt on everything.” LongMomentsLightNatureChurchLinesDarkCitiesSunWallColdGloryBirdShiningSilentWestWinterCloudsHillsStreamsGloomAiryCity Walls Book:Martin Chuzzlewit Source: Martin Chuzzlewit
“Heaven has its business and earth has its business: those are two separate things. Heaven, that's the angels' pasture; they are happy; they don't have to fret about food and drink. And you can be sure that they have black angels to do the heavy work like laundering the clouds or sweeping the rain and cleaning the sun after a storm, while the white angels sing like nightingales all day long or blow in those little trumpets like they show in the pictures we see in church.” LittlesLongTwoShowsEarthHeavenBlackChurchWhiteSunDrinkAngelRainPrejudiceCloudsBlowHeavyStormCleaningTrumpetsSweepingPasturesNightingalesFood And Drink Author:Jacques Roumain
“We Christians identify Christ with the sun, and the moon with the Church, the community of the faithful. No one, save Jesus Christ, possesses his or her own light.” LightChristianJesusChristCommunityChurchSunMoonJesus ChristFaithful Author:Pope Francis
“Lord, give us a ministry where the sun will never set.” GivingChristianLeadershipChurchLordSunMinistry Author:Johnny Hunt