Quotes about Celebration

A holiday would be a poor thing indeed without a great deal of game playing!

You get three Venezuelans together and one will play the drums or the guitar and the other two will dance; there is no ill that can resist that treatment. Our parties, in contrast, seem like funerals: the men gather in a corner to talk business and the women die of boredom. Only the young dance, seduced by North American music, but as soon as they marry they turn solemn like their parents.

The riders in a race do not stop short when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voice of friends and to say to one's self: "The work is done."

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow.

Christmas is an invitation by God to say: Look what I've done to come near to you. Now draw near to me...I want to be a friend.

When you read that our heavenly home is similar to a bride, tell me, doesn't it make you want to go home.

Fill the earth with your songs of gratitude.

When I cook for my family on Christmas, I make feijoada, a South American dish of roasted and smoked meats like ham, pork, beef, lamb, and bacon - all served with black beans and rice. It's festive but different.

Our culture is in moral chaos. On TV we celebrate freaks instead of honest, decent people.

The definition of unity is oneness of purpose, not sameness of being. Like a quilt with various colors and patterns that have been blended together into a harmonious whole, a church in unity celebrates each person's unique place in the divine design.

There's a way out for you personally. And you can lead by example. Let's put you in a position to celebrate the positive. It's easy to get trapped talking about what's bad, but after today, we are no longer going to choose easy. We are going to decide to celebrate the positive. Together, let's change the narrative and talk about what's good.

Christian doctrine is what the church believes, teaches, and confesses as it prays and suffers, serves and obeys, celebrates and awaits the coming of the kingdom of God. —Jaroslav Pelikan