Quotes about Vigil
He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
— Job 21:32
I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
— Psalm 102:7
Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.
— Exodus 12:42
And sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.
— Matthew 27:36
I receive Thee ransom of my soul. For love of Thee have I studied and kept vigil toiled preached and taught.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”
— Leviticus 8:35
I receive Thee ransom of my soul. For love of Thee have I studied and kept vigil toiled preached and taught…
— St. Thomas Aquinas
The devil is after our "gardens," too—our families, homes, marriages, churches, cities, etc. Our responsibility as watchmen is to keep the devil out.
— Dutch Sheets
A friend once wrote: "Learning to weep, learning to keep vigil, learning to wait for the dawn. Perhaps this is what it means to be human.
— Henri Nouwen
Gabriel, to thee thy course by lot hath given Charge and strict watch that to this happy place No evil thing approach or enter in.
— John Milton
His confession is said to have taken three days to make, and he received absolution from one of the monks there. He exchanged his nobleman's dress for the simple outfit of a poor pilgrim and made a night vigil
— Margaret Silf
Watchman, what of the night?
— Anonymous