“Alternate translation: Come brethren, if you have a mind to be ingrafted in the vine, It is a pity to see you lopped off in this manner From the stock. Reckon up the prelates in the very see of Peter; And in that order of fathers see which has succeeded which. This is the rock over which the proud gates of hell prevail not.” IfsMindOrderFatherHellRocksProudPityGatesPeterTranslationsVinesBrethrenGates Of Hell Author:Saint Augustine
“As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding mothers - a great pity, on both counts.” MotherFatherBlackPityFounding Author:Shirley Chisholm
“Let us not doubt that God has a father's pity towards us, and that in the removal of that which is dearest to us He is still loving and kind. Death separates, but it also unites. It reunites whom it separates.” KindStillsDeathFatherDoubtPityRemoval Book:Abraham Coles: Biographical Sketch, Memorial Tributes, Selections from His Works, (some Hitherto Unpublished.) Source: Abraham Coles: Biographical Sketch, Memorial Tributes, Selections from His Works, (some Hitherto Unpublished.)
“Oh northern mothers wives and sisters, all unconscious of the hour, would to Heaven that I could bear for you the concentrated woe which is so soon to follow, would that Christ would teach my soul a prayer that would plead to the Father for grace sufficient for you, God pity and strengthen you every one.” SoulMotherFatherHeavenChristHoursPrayerTeachGraceWifeBearsPityMy SoulSufficientUnconsciousWoe Author:Clara Barton