The sources for quotes and references are listed below in the order in which they appear in the journal. All books and films are easily located through your favorite on-line sources.
- Valerie Hellstein
- Pádraig Ó Tuama
- Heard at the Trinity Institute 2018: Values in Action
- See also Book: In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World
- The Ultimate Stabat Mater Site
- Richard Neuhaus
- Book: Death on a Friday Afternoon
- Stephen Fry
- Granchester
- Television: BBC Masterpice
- Elie Weisel
- Book: Night
- Franz Liszt
- Composition: Via Crucis
- Pierre Sauvage
- Film: Weapons of the Spirit
- Makato Fujimura
- Book: Silence and Beauty: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering,
- Shusaku Endo
- Book: Silence
- Richard Wilbur
- Hymn: A Stable Lamp is Lighted
- Peter De Vries
- Book: The Blood of the Lamb
- Denise Levertov
- Book: Selected Poems
- Xavier Beauvois
- Film: Of Gods and Men
- Yosuke Nakagawa
- Film: The Departures
- Kate Braestrop
- The House of Mourning
- https://themoth.org/storytellers/kate-braestrup
- St. John of Damascus
- Hymn: What Earthly Sweetness Remains Unmixed with Death
