Sentences with phrase «penance services»

The other chief disadvantage of Penance Services is that they provide no opportunity of return for the lapsed and loosely attached, who will not know the dates and times of such celebrations, and may feel embarrassed by their very communal nature.

Most still have at least nominal times for hearing confessions sometime on a Saturday, but the greater emphasis is on Penance Services twice a year at Christmas and Easter.

Penance Services were introduced in recent decades to emphasise the communal aspects of sin and the ecclesial dimension of the sacramental life, and also as a way to reintroduce large numbers of people to the practice of confession.

It is not uncommon for all ordinary confession times to be cancelled during the week in which a Penance Service is held.

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And she wants Rogers (which owns this magazine) to pay the same amount in penance for asserting its cut - rate cellular service drops fewer calls than its competitors.

It is defined by the Catechism of the Catholic Church as being a vocation to «prayer, penance, and the service of her brethren» (CCC 923).

Often a recompense of some sort is sought; the offender may work for the victim or perform a service to a third party as a form of penance.

The fellowship was to manifest itself chiefly in the common celebration of the Lord's Supper, for which all members would be expected to make themselves ready by attending a special preparatory service of penance, confession, and absolution.