Black Quote by John Masefield

“Red for the blood of Christ, green for his everlasting love, blue for heaven above, and old for the King of Kings.”

— Nancy B. Brewer

When you get a hankering to talk or complain about what you gave up for Lent, replace that hankering by speaking the word of…

— Monica Johnson

Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy.

— Pope Francis

Let's celebrate the end of Lent by doing everything we pretended to give up for Lent.

— Anonymous

The Lord so constituted everybody that no matter what color you are you require the same amount of nourishment.

— Will Rogers

He is as welcome as the first day in Lent.

— Dutch Proverb

Ever at Thy glowing altar Must my heart grow sick and falter, Wishing He I served were black.

— Countee Cullen

Lent is a favorable time for letting Christ serve us so that we in turn may become more like Him.

— Pope Francis

Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. It is about the reclamation of one's original God: the…

— Alice Walker

Let's resume everything we gave up for Lent without any new found spiritual insights.

— Anonymous

“Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light” (James 1:17 MSG).”

— Max Lucado

And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon…

— Sigrid Undset