QUOTES FOR GOOD FRIDAY

“Good Friday is not about us trying to ‘get right with God.’ It is about us entering the difference between God and humanity and just touching it for a moment. Touching the shimmering sadness of humanity’s insistence that we can be our own gods, that we can be pure and all-powerful.” – Nadia Bolz-Weber

“Good Friday is a day of sorrow mingled with joy. It is a time to grieve over the sin of man and to meditate and rejoice upon God’s love in giving His only Son for the redemption of sin.” – David K. Bernard

“Good Friday is not just a day off work. It’s a day to reflect upon what we are doing to retain and attract the best and brightest to contribute to the growth of our great state.” – Mark Norris

“We may say that on the first Good Friday, afternoon, a cry broke that shook the universe. The cry did not come from a house on a Roman street. No, indeed! That scream came from a Roman cross. It came from that cross on which Jesus hung on Good Friday.” – Billy Graham

“Good Friday is not a day to finish up our work but to honor that finished work of salvation.” – Joseph Prince

“Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone but in every leaf in springtime.” – Martin Luther

“On this Good Friday, may we never forget the true meaning of Easter – ‘For when He was on the cross, I was on His mind.'” – Unknown

“The dripping blood our only drink, the bloody flesh our only food: In spite of which we like to think that we are sound, substantial flesh and blood– again, in spite of that, we call this Friday good.” – T.S. Eliot

“To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living.” – John Henry Newman

“Good Friday marks the slaying of our Jesus, the unblemished lamb, the perfect sacrifice. He took our guilt and blamed upon Himself.” – R.C. Sproul

“The cross was two pieces of dead wood; and a helpless, unresisting Man was nailed to it; yet it was mightier than the world, and triumphed, and will ever triumph over it.” – Augustus William Hare

“May the mercy and grace of the Lord shine upon you this Good Friday. Remember His unfailing love and sacrifice.” – Unknown

“On Good Friday, each of us is called to reflect on our own role in the suffering of Jesus and examine our hearts for the ways in which we might cause others to suffer.” – Pope Francis

“Christ has not only spoken to us by his life, but has also spoken for us by his death.” – Søren Kierkegaard

“Good Friday is not about us trying to ‘get right with God.’ It is about us entering the difference between God and humanity and just touching it for a moment. Touching the shimmering sadness of humanity’s insistence that we can be our own gods, that we can be pure and all-powerful.” – Nadia Bolz-Weber

“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson RELATIONSHIP BUDDHA QUOTES ON LIFE

“Good Friday is a day of sorrow mingled with joy. It is a time to grieve over the sin of man and to meditate and rejoice upon God’s love in giving His only Son for the redemption of sin.” – David K. Bernard

“He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.” – 1 Peter 2:24

“Good Friday is not just a day off work. It’s a day to reflect upon what we are doing to retain and attract the best and brightest to contribute to the growth of our great state.” – Mark Norris

“By the cross we, too, are crucified with Christ; but alive in Christ. We are no more rebels, but servants; no more servants, but sons! – Frederic William Farrar

“Good Friday is a day to remember the infinite love and compassion our Savior has for us, as He willingly gave His life on the cross to redeem us from sin.” – Unknown

“On this Good Friday, may we never forget the true meaning of Easter – “For when He was on the cross, I was on His mind” – Unknown

“The cross of Christ shows us that God’s love is of deepest descent…universal distribution and of eternal duration.” – Dr. Fred Barlow

“The dripping blood our only drink, the bloody flesh our only food: In spite of which we like to think that we are sound, substantial flesh and blood– again, in spite of that, we call this Friday good.” – T.S. Eliot

“God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I love you.'” – Billy Graham

“May the mercy and grace of the Lord shine upon you this Good Friday. Remember His unfailing love and sacrifice.” – Unknown

“At Sussen, the Devil carried off, last Good Friday, three grooms who had devoted themselves to him.” – Martin Luther

“Holy Week is a good occasion to go to confession and to take up the right path again. Let us make use of it! God is waiting for us to embrace us.” – Pope Francis

“Good Friday marks the slaying of our Jesus, the unblemished lamb, the perfect sacrifice. He took our guilt and blamed upon Himself.” – R.C. Sproul

“Praying, as it were, is our strength‎ on a Good Friday, our way of contacting the one who loves us deeply and sincerely.” – D.A. Carson