Phrases with «act of penance»

There are traditionally 40 days in Lent; these are marked by fasting, both from foods and festivities, and by other acts of penance. (myintimcity.com)
He is there at the white man's church either to make his way up in the world or else to perform a genuine act of penance. (religion-online.org)
S.G. Night, author of Attrition: the First Act of Penance (authormarketingclub.com)
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