“Caught between the longing for love, and the struggle for the legal tender, where the sirens sing and the church bells ring, and the junk man pounds his fender. Where the veterans dream of the fight, fast asleep at the traffic light, and the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor.” MenChildrenDreamLightFightingWaitingChurchStruggleLongingProfoundCaughtRingsIcePoundsBellsCreamTrafficVeteranIce CreamJunkSirensVendorsTraffic LightChurch Bells Author:Jackson Browne
“Faith can be stirred within the walls of church buildings, but faith is formed and nourished in the waiting rooms of hospitals, helplessly witnessing a thirty-one-year-old sister suffer, holding kids affected by the AIDS epidemic, and being stretched outside of our own social makeup.” YearsKidsSufferingSocialWaitingChurchRoomsBuildingWallAidsThirtyMakeupAffectedHospitalsEpidemicsWaiting RoomsAids EpidemicChurch Buildings Author:Josh Ross
“Bless all useful objects, the spoons made of bone, the mattress I cook my dreams upon, the typewriter that is my church with an altar of keys always waiting.” MadeDreamWaitingChurchObjectsKeysBonesCooksBlessAltarsSpoonsTypewritersMattressesAlways Waiting Book:The Awful Rowing Toward God Source: The Awful Rowing Toward God
“Open your hearts to the Lord. The Lord is waiting for you and the Church will welcome you if your willingness to serve good is as clear and public as your choice to serve evil was.” IfsHeartChoicesEvilWaitingChurchLordClearWelcomeWillingnessWaiting For YouOpen Your HeartWillingness To Serve Author:Pope Francis