Easter
Quotes - Easter reminds me that real renewal is possible
“New
Rule: Someone must x-ray my stomach to see if the Peeps I ate on Easter are
still in there, intact and completely undigested. And I'm not talking about
this past Easter. I'm talking about the last time I celebrated Easter, in
1962.”
―
Bill Maher, The New New Rules: A Funny Look At How Everybody But Me Has Their
Head Up Their Ass
“Every
Holy Saturday, the Church waits as it were beside the tomb, meditating on
Christ's death while awaiting the announcement of his resurrection. Like John,
we can take Mary into our homes and ponder with her the last words of Christ.
Like her, we can rest in a place between anguish and joy, waiting in quiet
hope. We can pray the Divine Office, which parts the veil to show us Christ
defeating death and releasing sinners from captivity. The King is not dead; he
rests from his work. A new day will come. His Cross is not defeat; it is
victory!”
―
Sarah Christmyer, Walk in Her Sandals: Experiencing Christ's Passion through
the Eyes of Women
“If
a grave is empty, is it a grave? I wonder how Jesus would answer that.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“The
transformative change Christians undergo is not limited to the temporal world
but is imbued with an eschatological hope”
―
Henrietta Newton Martin, Author - The Greatest of All Romances- Your Potter’s
Call!
“Easter
reminds me that real renewal is possible. Just as the world revives every
springtime with meadows of fresh grass, canopies thick with new leaves, and
gardens painted in colorful blossoms, likewise, I can renew my soul with
honest, humble, heartfelt repentance.”
―
Richelle E. Goodrich, Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration
for Every Day of the Year
“Easter
is a day to contemplate how glorious God’s gift of repentance is. Because Jesus
Christ suffered in the Garden of Gethsemane for the sins of every individual
who would ever sin, we all can repent and be forgiven. Our sins can be washed
clean. What a powerful and precious gift is the real option to repent.”
―
Richelle E. Goodrich, Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration
for Every Day of the Year
“Studying
the rich history, inspirational stories, intriguing pictures, and spiritual
insights just might become your favorite new tradition at Easter as you read
and learn about the last few hours of the Savior’s life, the path that made it
possible for us to have eternal life.”
―
Dr. Trina Boice
“From
death came life, from sorrow came joy; this is the hope of Easter.”
―
Aloo Denish Obiero
“Gethsemane
has our Savior drenched in agony and abandoned by all; cling to Him in your
misery, for He too knows suffering.”
―
Allene vanOirschot, A TALK WITH GOD TODAY: SPIRITUAL GROWTH IN 4 WEEKS
“The
Word by Stewart Stafford
Though
I am gone, at last, you see,
Everything
I spoke heralds true,
Cleansing
your wrongs done to me,
In
promised vistas of unlimited hue.
If I
stayed, they said you would pay,
I
took the strain, assured you sanctuary,
I am
the sentinel that prepares the way,
Evolving
beyond the dusty ossuary.
Words
in strange clothing upon sharing,
By
living, know your shadow's meaning,
Familiarity
flourishes upon the wearing,
Shepherd's
flock on rich pastures weaning.
©
2025, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
―
Stewart Stafford
“If
I take Easter as the starting point, the one incontrovertible fact about how
God treats those whom he loves, then human history becomes the contradiction
and Easter a preview of ultimate reality.”
―
Philip Yancey
“I
would much prefer to see endings as the womb within which beginnings are born.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Lent
is a much-needed mentor in an age obsessed with visible, measurable,
manageable, and tweetable increase, for it invites us to walk with Jesus and
His disciples through darker seasons that we would rather avoid: grief, conflict,
misunderstanding, betrayal, restriction, rejection, and pain. Then Easter leads
us in celebration of salvation as the stunningly satisfying fruit of Jesus’
sacred decrease.”
―
Alicia Britt Chole, 40 Days of Decrease: A Different Kind of Hunger. A
Different Kind of Fast.
“So
it is that this man named Jesus handily performed feats that were astounding in
their scope and utterly impossible in their nature. And as if that were not
enough, He then does something as outrageous as inviting us to a life of doing
the same. And yet it would seem that the most astounding and impossible thing
of all is for us to blithely reject that invitation in favor of the aching
emptiness and endless darkness that rides hard on the heels of just such a
rejection.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“When
Jesus rose from the dead, He didn't cheat death; He beat it fair and square.”
―
Cheryl Ford
“Easter
was God on a resurrection rampage.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“When
I die, I would like Easter hymns sung at my funeral because they are so joyful.
They're hopeful. They reflect our belief in the resurrection of the dead.”
―
Eliot Wigginton, Foxfire 2: Ghost stories, spring wild plant foods, spinning
and weaving, midwifing, burial customs, corn shuckin's, wagon making, and more
affairs of plain living
“What
kind of life would we have if Jesus hadn’t risen from the dead?”
―
Kelsey Bryant, A Very Bookish Easter
“It
is impossible for those who tasted Christ to fall back upon the old foolish
ways ,and if he or she does, then that act of commission or omission comes
within the ambit of sin and that would indubitably imply that the person is crucifying Christ all over again and exposing
Him to contempt , being the bearer of His name ( Christian).”
―
Henrietta Newton Martin, Author- The Greatest of All Romances, Your Potters
Call.
“I
want to make certain that I don’t spend my life constantly seeking new
beginnings because I am constantly creating bad endings.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Easter
is the road upon which detours die and consequences find no footing.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
