The Mark of the King Quotes

“Talk to the Lord, Julianne. Even if you're mad as hornets. If you keep it all bottled up, you'll only end up with a belly full of bee stings.”
― Jocelyn Green, The Mark of the King

“We all have scars, my beautiful one. They make us who we are, and if we let them, they bring us together.”
― Jocelyn Green, The Mark of the King

“Beware, Julianne. Sorrow breeds isolation, and isolation brings despair.”
― Jocelyn Green, The Mark of the King

“Remember this, mes cheres: There is no person so small that the Lord cannot see her, no voice so quiet that He cannot hear it.”
― Jocelyn Green, The Mark of the King

“Everything begins and ends with grace.”
― Jocelyn Green, The Mark of the King

“You behave like you love him—even if you don’t care for him—and your heart will release its bitterness. You practice grace.”
― Jocelyn Green, The Mark of the King

“The pain changes, and you will change with it. The sharp edges wear away in time, but the loss remains. You’ll learn how to live with it.”
― Jocelyn Green, The Mark of the King

“With her hand pressed to her heart, Julianne trapped a groan in her chest. 'Does the pain ease?' she whispered.
Francoise sighed. 'The pain changes, and you will change with it. The sharp edges wear away in time, but the loss remains. You'll learn how to live with it. There's not a day that goes by that I don't think of my little girl, and I warrant you won't forget your son. Never, as long as you live. And when we get to heaven, our little ones will know their mamas. I believe God Almighty, and the Blessed Virgin, who also knows what it is to lose a child, will see to that.”
― Jocelyn Green, The Mark of the King

“Incredible. Marc-Paul was intrigued by the apostle for whom he was named. Before Paul was an apostle of Christ's, he too followed the law with what he considered a righteous vengeance. But after his conversion, every letter he wrote to the early churches began and ended with grace. Not the law, but grace.”
― Jocelyn Green, The Mark of the King

“Here, there is no church to go to at all. But this is where I've been learning to pray. Simply, but often and earnestly.'
'And does it change things?' Julianne's reputation was ruined, her occupation discredited, and though she knew in her mind that babies did not miscarry from wounds to a mother's skin, her heart was unconvinced that her child had escaped the ordeal unscathed. Would prayer erase the mark from her skin and resurrect her hope?
Denise's brown eyes softened. 'Prayer is not a magician's trick. The changes it brings cannot always be seen at first glance. But just as a slippery elm soothes inflammation, prayer is a balm for a raw and ragged soul. And isn't your soul in more need of healing than your skin?”
― Jocelyn Green, The Mark of the King

“So no Eucharist?' Denise asked. 'No Latin readings? No confession to a priest?'
'Not like you're used to. But that doesn't translate to 'no God.' God is as present here as He is in the cathedral of Notre Dame. And, always, always, we can pray. In fact, I recommend it. Come.”
― Jocelyn Green, The Mark of the King