Quotes about Sacrifice
The Mass, it seems, is like the Normandy invasion in the spiritual realm.
— Scott Hahn
Why has God done the things that he has done in history? One word: Love.
— Scott Hahn
Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.
— John Adams
Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country.
— John Adams
The man or woman who doesn't forgive has forgotten the price that Christ paid for them on the Cross.
— John Bevere
In My greatest hour of need, My closest friends deserted Me. Judas betrayed Me, Peter denied Me, and the rest fled for their lives. Only John followed from afar. I had cared for them for over three years, feeding them and teaching them. Yet as I died for the sins of the world, I forgave. I released all of them—from My friends who had deserted Me to the Roman guard who had crucified Me. They didn't ask for forgiveness, yet I freely gave it.
— John Bevere
The more he cast away the more he had.
— John Bunyan
a man there was, though some did count him mad, the more he cast away the more he had.
— John Bunyan
I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God.
— John Bunyan
Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.
— John Bunyan
Believers are also trained in obedience by means of the cross. For thus they are taught to live according to God's will rather than their own. If everything went according to their own plans, they would never know what it means to follow God.
— John Calvin
The ultimate purpose of all sacrificial killing was to lead us to Christ; it was a testimony to the salvation of our souls in Christ, which alone is eternal.
— John Calvin