Faith Quotes

"The miracle of Good Friday is that there was no miracle. Legions of angels stood - with swords sheathed - watching as the Son took our place."

- Mark Hart

"It is the resurrection that makes Good Friday good."

- Ravi Zacharias

"Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime."

- Martin Luther

"We are Easter people living in a Good Friday world."

- Barbara Johnson

"This is the centre of the gospel - this is what the Garden of Gethsemane and Good Friday are all about - that God has done astonishing and costly things to draw us near."

- John Piper

"Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair."

- Blaise Pascal

"Now, who can call 'Good Friday' good? - A term too oft misunderstood - You, who were bought by the blood of His cross, You can call 'Good Friday' good."

- Johnny Hart

"Gethsemane is where He died; the cross is only the evidence."

- Leonard Ravenhill

"Good Friday was the worst Friday until Sunday."

- Mike Donehey

"Jesus Christ Our Lord who died for us so that we may live,He Resurrected that we may have life eternal.Can we ever be unfaithful to that sacrifice and fail to declare Him alone as our Lord? Something to ponder upon!"

- Henrietta Newton Martin-Legal Professional & Author

"Jesus Christ Our Lord, died for us so that we may live. He Resurrected ,so that we may have life eternal.Can we ever be unfaithful to that sacrifice and fail to declare Him alone as our Lord? Something to ponder upon!"

- Henrietta Newton Martin - Legal Counsel & Author

"Let us pray also for the pagans, that almighty God will dispel the blindness of their hearts, so that they may renounce their false gods, and be converted to the living and true God, and His only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, our God and Lord. V. Let us pray. Let us kneel. R. Arise. Almighty and eternal God, you desire not the death of sinners but that they should live. Mercifully hear our prayers and lead those who are in darkness from the worship of false gods to union with your holy Church for the glory of your holy name. Through our Lord. (solemn collects of Good Friday)"

- The Maryknoll Fathers

"We stand now at the cross, in the moments of Jesus’s greatest pain. May we bear in mind the central emotional truth of Good Friday: that the Christian tradition grew from the most wrenching, mysterious, and mystifying sacrifice imaginable—that of a father’s offering of his child."

- Jon Meacham

"If he did not suffer, if he did not bleed, if he did not feel every bit of the pain of execution as he gulped for air, then he would not be the Christ we know. He was fulfilling his epochal role in history on that cross; he was not playacting, not a god pretending to die. He was the Word made flesh, who was, however strangely and incomprehensibly, full of grace and truth."

- Jon Meacham

"Crucified Love' lives with us today. He was , He is and He will always be."

- Henrietta Newton Martin, Author - The Greatest of All Romances- Your Potter’s Call!

"The Gospel reveals a real k truth that if we don't see Jesus' death as our only hope for salvation, we are among the lost. But thank God, the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost, and He went to the cross to do so. The depth of His sacrifice is beyond our comprehension, but it's what makes our salvation possible. He had to die to save us from the darkness of sin and death. May we grasp the necessity of His death and find eternal life in Him."

- Shaila Touchton

"…As Sunday smiled and walked with me I pondered the timeless, cursed tree. Such weight of sin upon mere wood; Only this king could make Friday Good. (Excerpt from A Friend of Friday)"

- T William Watts

"Whoever says 'SubhanAllah wa bihamdihi' (Glory and praise be to Allah) a palm tree is planted for him in Paradise."

- Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

"Luqman said: "O my son, indeed the world is a deep ocean in which many people have drowned. Let your ship in it be the fear of Allah.""

- Luqman

"On this holy day, may your heart be filled with the love and grace of God. Have a blessed Good Friday."

"Subhan Allah wa bihamdihi, 'adada khalqihi, wa rida nafsihi, wa zinata 'arshihi, wa midada kalimatihi."

"The One who nurtured me well is able to make my destiny bloom."

"No matter how painful God's decrees may seem, trust that within them lies a great mercy, delayed for the right time."

"God will grant your eyes what they hope for and your heart what it wishes. Just rely on God alone."

"'I am near'. What more could you wish for after this warmth settles in your heart?"

"You are the Helper in the hardships of life. Make every path easy for me, O Allah."

"Between a wish and its fulfillment lies a prayer between you and Allah."

"You will remain in the circle of sorrows as long as prayer is not in the circle of attention."

"A servant will come on the Day of Judgment with sins as mountains, but finds that his tongue has demolished them due to his frequent remembrance of Allah."

"Break the silence of the night with the sound of your seeking forgiveness, for there is a Forgiving Lord saying, 'Is there anyone seeking forgiveness so I may forgive him?'"