Alvin Childress: Amos

Quotes 

• Arbadella Jones : Daddy, will you get some Christmas music on the radio?

  Amos Jones : Why, darlin', this is the very best Christmas music you could get! They're going to sing, "The Lord's Prayer".

• Arbadella Jones : But what does "The Lord's Prayer" mean, Daddy?

  Amos Jones : Well, you just be real quiet and I'll explain it to you. The first line of "The Lord's Prayer" is this: "Our Father who art in heaven..." That means, 'Father of all that is good, where no wrong can dwell...'

• Amos Jones : "For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen." Now that means, darlin', that all the world and everything in it belongs to God's kingdom. Everything - your mommy, your daddy, your little brother, your sister, your grandma, you and everybody. And as we know that and act as if we know it - that, my darling daughter, is the real spirit of Christmas.