"Even the darkest moments of the liturgy are……" — Thomas Merton
"Even the darkest moments of the liturgy are filled with joy, and Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the lenten fast, is a day of happiness, a Christian feast."
More Ash Wednesday Quotes
- The Passion of the Christ opened up on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday. — Billy Crystal
- Nevertheless, the liturgy of Ash Wednesday is not focussed on the sinfulness of the penitent but on the mercy of… — Thomas Merton
- Ash Wednesday is full of joy...The source of all sorrow is the illusion that of ourselves we are anything but… — Thomas Merton
- I'm a sinner. I don't always love God as strongly as I could or as directly as I should. Ash… — Mark Hart
- Dying was just an extended version of Ash Wednesday. — Don DeLillo
- Merciful and everliving God, Creator of heaven and earth, the crucified body of your Son was laid in the tomb… — Unknown Author
- In this brief transit where the dreams cross The dream-crossed twilight between birth and dying Ash Wednesday. — Thomas Stearns Eliot