“In Christ we see the strength of achievement, and the strength of endurance. He moved with a calm majesty, like the sun. The bloody sweat, and the crown of thorns, and the cross, were full in His eyes; but He was obedient unto death. In His perfect self-sacrifice we see the perfection of strength; in the love that prompted it we see the perfection of beauty. This combination of self-sacrifice and love must be commenced in every Christian; and when it shall be in its spirit complete in him, then will he also be perfect in strength and beauty.” SelfEyeChristianSpiritChristPerfectSunSacrificeAchievementCrossesPerfectionAnd LoveMovedCalmCombinationHis EyesEnduranceSweatCrownsBloodyMajestyThornsObedientSelf SacrificeCrown Of ThornsStrength And BeautyLove And Sacrifice Author:Mark Hopkins
“The Goddess is the Encircler, the Ground of Being; the God is That-Which-Is-Brought-Forth, her mirror image, her other pole. She is the earth; He is the grain. She is the all encompassing sky; He is the sun, her fireball. She is the Wheel; He is the traveler. He is the sacrifice of life to death that life may go on. She is the Mother and Destroyer; He is all that is born and is destroyed.” MayEarthMotherBornSunSacrificeSkyGoes OnMirrorsDestroyedWheelsGoddessGrainTravelerPaganismDestroyersMirror Image Author:Starhawk
“Love and sacrifice are closely linked, like the sun and the light. We cannot love without suffering and we cannot suffer without love.” LightSufferingSunSacrificeLinkedWithout LoveLove And Sacrifice Author:Gianna Beretta Molla
“Every Holy Mass, heard with devotion, produces in our souls marvelous effects, abundant spiritual and material graces which we, ourselves, do not know...It is easier for the earth to exist without the sun than without the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass!” KnowsSoulEarthSpiritualSunGraceHeardSacrificeEffectsProduceMaterialsEasierHolyMassDevotionMarvelousHoly Mass Author:Pio of Pietrelcina
“Joy must be one of the pivots of our life. It is the token of a generous personality. Sometimes it is also a mantle that clothes a life of sacrifice and self-giving. A person who has this gift often reaches high summits. He or she is like sun in a community.” GivingPersonsSelfSometimesJoyCommunitySunOur LivesSacrificePersonalityClothesGenerousSummitTokensSelf Giving Book:In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories & Prayers (Easyread Large Edition) Source: In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories & Prayers (Easyread Large Edition)
“But our love isn’t easy because it’s not meant to be. It requires work and sacrifice and protection. And I wouldn’t want it any other way, not right now, with the morning sun making the curtains glow and Her arms around my neck and the sounds of the street so far away. I’m in it for the long haul, I’m not going away.” WayWantLongEasySoundMorningSunSacrificeStreetsArmsRight NowProtectionNecksGoing AwayMeant To BeFar AwayOur LoveCurtainsHaulLong HaulMorning Sun Book:Gray Source: Gray