He saw on the paper a picture of a man, white-skinned, who hung upon a crosspiece of wood. The man was without clothes except for a bit about his loins, and to all appearences he was dead, since his head drooped upon his shoulder and his eyes were closed above his bearded lips. Wang Lung looked at the pictured man in horror and with increasing interest.
Pearl S. BuckStichwörter: perspective christianity christ crucifix
I took my orders, too. But if i couldn't keep you alive, I thought I could at least keep you together. In the middle of a big war, you go looking for a small idea to believe in. When you find one, you hold it the way a soldier holds his crucifix when he's praying in a foxhole.
Mitch AlbomStichwörter: war religion crucifix five-people-you-meet-in-heaven foxhole middle-of-a-big-war orders
For centuries after Christ, the church and other religions that use cruciform symbols have misrepresented the physical nature of Christ's death with a satanic symbol (cross), and a pagan idol (corpus). This secret has been concealed by the church for centuries after Christ.
Nwaocha OgechukwuStichwörter: christianity church cross catholic pope crucifix
Our crucifixes exhibit the pain, but they veil, perhaps necessarily, the obscenity: but the death of the God-Man was both.
Charles WilliamsStichwörter: god jesus crucifixion crucifix
Catholics have more extreme sex lives because they're taught that pleasure is bad for you. Who thinks it's normal to kneel down to a naked man who's nailed to a cross? It's like a bad leather bar.
John WatersStichwörter: sex jesus prayer cross catholicism jesus-christ catholics crucifix
Suffering invites us to place our hurts in larger hands. In Christ we see God suffering – for us. And calling us to share in God’s suffering love for a hurting world. The small and even overpowering pains of our lives are intimately connected with the greater pains of Christ. Our daily sorrows are anchored in a greater sorrow and therefore a larger hope.
Henri J.M. NouwenStichwörter: loss death suffering jesus grief cross crucifix turn-my-mourning-into-dancing
A good horror is better than sex!
Skarlett HorrorsStichwörter: crucifix
Sunlight dusts them; Water is damp; Crosses pain them; And beheadings cause cramps—
Thomm QuackenbushStichwörter: water cross vampire dorothy-parker sunlight crucifix behead slay
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