25 Lent Quotes

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LENT QUOTES

PSALM 34:19 – “The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, saves those whose spirit is crushed.”

PAULO COELHO: “Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.”

THOMAS MERTON: “Every moment and every event of every man’s life on earth plants something in his soul.”

MEGAN WESTRA: “What if we view this desert time of Lent as not just a time to reflect or to lament or to confess or to fast, but a time where we learn to be free.”

ELIZABETH HYNDMAN: “There are three elements that are almost always part of Lent: prayer, giving something up, and giving something back.”

DON DELILLO: “Dying was just an extended version of Ash Wednesday.”

FULTON SHEEN: “Unless there is Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.”

WILLIAM PENN: “No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.”

ST. FRANCIS DE SALES: “Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself.”

MIKE GLENN: “The LORD’s Supper reminds us His grace is sufficient for whatever we’re going through.”

ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA: “Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.”

ST. ROSE OF LIMA: “Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may go to heaven.”

POPE JOHN PAUL II: “Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for CHRIST.”

WENDY SPEAKE: “When you put down your phone, it’s easier to lift up your eyes.”

ST. AUGUSTINE: “In my deepest wound I saw your glory and it dazzled me.”

POPE FRANCIS: “GOD never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking His mercy.”

BETH MOORE: “True intimacy with GOD always brings humility.”

JOHN WESLEY: “Prayer is where the action is.”

S.D. GORDON: “One should never initiate anything that he cannot saturate with prayer.”

ST. PETER CHRYSOLOGUS: “Fasting is the soul of prayer, mercy is the lifeblood of fasting. So if you pray, fast; if you fast, show mercy; if you want your petition to be heard, hear the petition of others. If you do not close your ear to others, you open GOD’s ear to yourself.”

CHUCK SMITH: “Prayer does not change the purpose of GOD. But prayer does change the action of GOD.”

ST. JOSEMARÍA ESCRIVÁ: “Put yourself in the presence of GOD, and as soon as you have said, ‘LORD, I don’t know how to pray!’ you can be sure you’ve already begun.”

GENESIS GRAIN: “During these 40 days, let me put away all my pride. Let me change my heart and give up all that is not good within me. Let me love GOD with all that I am and all that I have.”

HENRI NOUWEN: “O LORD, make this Lenten season different from the other ones. Let me find You again. Amen.”

JOB 28:28 – “The fear of the LORD is wisdom; and avoiding evil is understanding.”