Yahoo Finance Lift Spirits With These Card-Worthy Religious Christmas Quotes
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1) Pope Francis
"God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If he gives us the gift of Christmas it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it."
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2) Wilda English
"God grant you the light in Christmas, which is faith;
the warmth of Christmas, which is love;
the radiance of Christmas, which is purity;
the righteousness of Christmas, which is justice;
the belief in Christmas, which is truth;
the all of Christmas, which is Christ."Getty Images - 3/41
3) Pope Paul VI
"We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice."
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4) Isaiah 9:6-7
"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given..."
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5) Amy Grant
"Faith is salted and peppered through everything at Christmas. And I love at least one night by the Christmas tree to sing and feel the quiet holiness of that time that's set apart to celebrate love, friendship, and God's gift of the Christ child."
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6) John 1:14
"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."
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7) Bill Crowder
"The great challenge left to us is to cut through all the glitz and glam of the season that has grown increasingly secular and commercial, and be reminded of the beauty of the One who is Christmas."
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8) Hamilton Wright Mabie
"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love."
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9) Charles Dickens
"For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself."
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10) Luke 2:14
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."
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11) Gilbert K. Chesterton
"When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?"
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12) 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
"Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?"
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13) C.S. Lewis
"Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world."
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14) Pope Francis
"Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace."
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15) Robert Flatt
"The giving of gifts is not something man invented. God started the giving spree when He gave a gift beyond words, the unspeakable gift of His Son."
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16) Max Lucado
"Christmas is best pondered, not with logic, but with imagination."
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17) Norman Vincent Peale
"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."
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18) Corrie Ten Boom
"Who can add to Christmas? The perfect motive is that God so loved the world. The perfect gift is that He gave His only Son. The only requirement is to believe in Him. The reward of faith is that you shall have everlasting life."
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19) Robbie Robertson
"In a dream I heard a voice saying 'fear not, come rejoice. It's the end of the beginning, praise the newborn King.'"
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20) Handel H. Brown
"To prepare our hearts for Christmas, we must cultivate the spirit of expectancy."
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21) Rick Warren
"Peace with God, peace with others, and peace in your own heart."
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22) Alicia Bruxvoort
"The good news of great joy changed the course of every silent night to come."
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23) Max Lucado
"The story of Christmas is the story of God's relentless love for us."
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24) Anonymous
"A little child, a shining star, a stable rude, the door ajar. Yet in that place, so crude, forlorn, the Hope of all the world was born."
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25) C.S. Lewis
"The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God."
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26) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play
And wild and sweet, the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men."
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27) Max Lucado
"Were it not for the shepherds, there would have been no reception. And were it not for a group of stargazers, there would have been no gifts."
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28) Mother Teresa
"It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you ... yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand."
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29) John R. Rice
"You can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father's face and tell Him you have received His Christmas gift."
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30) William Parks
"Christmas is not just a day, an event to be observed and speedily forgotten. It is a spirit which should permeate every part of our lives."
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31) Suzie Eller
"Jesus exchanges our hurts for joy."
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32) Lysa TerKeurst
"Jesus is the answer to the problems placed on us and the problems found within us."
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33) Emily Matthews
"From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another. The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other."
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34) Agnes M. Pharo
"What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future."
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35) Mother Teresa
"At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving others with God's own love and concern."
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36) Karen Ehman
"If you want to bring yourself joy, then seek to give others."
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37) Helen Steiner Rice
"Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas everyday."
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38) David Jeremiah
"All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ."
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39) Oren Arnold
"Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect."
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40) Max Lucado
"When Christ was born so was our hope."
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41) Fulton J. Sheen
"The simple shepherds heard the voice of an angel and found their lamb; the wise men saw the light of a star and found their wisdom."
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