Sentences with phrase «as a priest because»

Second, one of the primary purposes of the citation of this psalm in the Letter to the Hebrews is to defend Yeshua's priestly role against the charge that he could not function as a priest because he was descended from Judah rather than Levi (Hebrews 7:11 — 17).

Canon Jeremy Pemberton has been told he can no longer work in Nottinghamshire and has been stopped from taking other jobs as a priest because he entered a same - sex marriage.

There's a line, again from the Gospel of Luke, that I've revisited many times in my life as a priest because it speaks to the kind of disciples we need to be.

Not exact matches

Because girls are rarely involved and some think gay dudes can hide in society easier as a priest.

The RCC will fall because it has worn a millstone around her neck for as long as it has harbored abusive priests and turned it's back on the innocent.

And those who have the privilege of being selected to go to heaven, serve in an official capacity as «kings and priests» (Rev 1:6), not as equals to God, but as 144,000 individuals who recognize that God, whose name is Jehovah, is the Grand Creator of all the universe, with these ones casting their crowns before God's throne, saying: «You are worthy, Jehovah, even our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, because you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created.»

, which carried conviction because this was a man who had lived and studied under one totalitarian regime, and then ministered as priest and Bishop under another.

Even the rare incidents involving young boys get passed over because headlines about Lutheran pastors aren't nearly as invitingly lurid as «pedophile priests.»

He disagreed with me for implying he could not love God as much as a celibate priest because he was married.

At such times, it's as if I the priest - servant, step aside to let Christ the Lord act (not wholly accurate, because nothing would happen if I wasn't there).

Catholics insistence that women are just not as fitting as men to be priests because Jesus had a penis.

As far as I can, because I am a priest, I would henceforth be the first to become aware of what the world loves, pursues, sufferAs far as I can, because I am a priest, I would henceforth be the first to become aware of what the world loves, pursues, sufferas I can, because I am a priest, I would henceforth be the first to become aware of what the world loves, pursues, suffers.

I am that rare soul who can remember his First Confession, at age eight, very nearly word - for - word — I think because I was terrified, and hyper - alert, and intent on remembering everything that Father Newman said, mostly because it was my First Confession and I was afraid I would be sent to prison or farmed out to the Lutherans for the many times I had committed fisticuffs with my brothers and failed to honor my mother and father — but also because Father Newman was wry and funny and fond of reminding everyone that he was, as far as he knew, the only Jewish Catholic priest in the diocese.

To conclude this activity, it is important to explain that in the Sacrament, although they see a priest and he will say «I forgive you» because he is there in the person of Christ, it is Jesus who does the forgiving as He did in the Gospels.

Although I'm a somewhat spotty attender of church, I really like our priest because he does preach against greed, the wars, and about our duty (both as individuals and as a nation) to care for those who are in need, the sick, the very young and the very old.

The majority of Catholic priests are good holy men who are suffering and paying the price because of a few bad, just as the majority of coaches and teachers are good people.

Evidently intellectuals are no better men only because they are educated; this shows itself especially in the case of theologians, no matter whether they are priests or laymen, who have chosen theology and spirituality as their profession or even as their intellectual hobby.

But, as the priest went on to explain, that anniversary was particularly important for this particular parishioner because of his Korean heritage.

I searched because Christianity insisted I was sinful and totally beholden to God, as interpreted by the priest class, and that I was nothing without religion.

Anson Shupe, an Indiana University professor who has studied the matter, says, «To me it says Protestants are less reluctant to come forward because they don't put their clergy on as high a pedestal as Catholics do with their priests.»

My neighbors comprise one fellow laywoman, one layman, and nine priests, as well as dozens of seminarians who are here because the main dormitory is full.

Gayle did not recognize the men, but she suspected immediately that her husband, Wayan, who was born into a Balinese family as the son of a Hindu high priest, might be murdered because of his Christian faith.

Burleigh shows that the Catholic clergy who did collaborate» such as the renegade priests in Croatia and the notorious Monsignor Tiso in Slovakia» acted in spite of, not because of, their religion.

And TparTpatriot is UN american because the founding fathers would not only have repudiated all of the tpart's platform, they would have pointed to the TparT as one of the reasons they were founding a new country - to free humanity from the power of the priests preying on the ignorant.

Is it possible and after reading about it i kept on thinking «i will sell to my soul for 20 carats get out shut up i will never ever sell my soul to you oh god please help me and this is continuing for a few days i am afraid that i have sold my sold to the devil have i please help and still i think god's way of allowing others to hate him us much worse even you know and can easily think think about much better punishments like rebirth after being punished for all the sins in life and i am feeling put on the sin of those who committed the unforgiviable sin (the early 0th century priests) imagine them burning in hell fire till now for 2000 years hopelessly screaming to god for help i can't belive the mercy of god are they forgiven even though commiting this sin keans going to hell for entinity thank you and congralutions i think the 7 year tribulation periodvis over in 18th century the great commect shooting and in 19th century the sun became dark for a day and moon was not visible on the earth but now satun has the domination over me those who don't belive in jesus crist i used to belive in him but now after knowing a lot in science it is getting harharder to belive in him even though i know that he exsists and i only belived in him not that he died for me in the cross and also not for eternal life and i still sin as much as i used to before but only a little reduced and i didn't accept satan as my master but what can i do because those who knowingly sin a lot and don't belive in jesus christ has to accept satan as their master because he only teaches us that even though he is evil he gives us complete freedom but thr followers of jesus and god only have freedom because they can sin only with in a limit and no more but recive their reward after their life in heaven but the followers of satun have to go to hell butbi don't want to go to hell and be ruled by the cruel tryant but still why didn't god destroy satun long way before and i think it was also Adam and eve's fault also they could have blamed satan and could have also get their punishment reduced but they didn't and today we are seeing the result

So, the next time you proudly proclaim that you know the secrets to life, death, the origins of life on Earth and the origins of the Universe, because your parents or priest taught you some comforting stories from late Bronze Age Palestine as a ten year - old, you might like to consider where your beliefs fit into the bigger picture.

Because this type is open to society as a whole, it is best led by a «priest» who cares for the needs and encourages the growth of an ongoing community.

Similarly, questions about whether Jesus was a priest arise not because the documents present any legitimate reason even to raise the question, but because the Book of Hebrews regards him as high priest, and certain theological strains within Roman Catholicism have highlighted those texts.

Sometimes pastors or priests will talk about Lent as part of an individual's ongoing conversion, because the person enters a prolonged period of heightened spiritual awareness in which acts of repentance and acts of mercy form the preparation for Easter celebration.

Very often they are only too well aware of their failures and shortcomings and not infrequently they are bowed down with guilt because they do not live as they know they should — they do not need a priest to lecture them on their inadequacies.

You might even hurt millions, or billions (and its just plain dumb luck, as you can see from the war mongering and stupidity of «religious» political leaders, like McCain, et al, who have said it would be a dandy idea to nuke Iran, that the body count has been higher due to people with lots of weapons, and countries full of people, who where duped into following insane people, because they where tired of the failure of priests to make the world better.)

Kenneth Lasch, founders of Road to Recovery are / were priests who are dissenting Catholics and wish to dismantle the Church just as any fallen away Catholic might want, just because the Church isn't doing things «their way».

In «Scandal Time III,» Richard John Neuhaus expresses in several places his concern for a now — elderly priest who is «repentant» and has «rendered decades of faithful service without a hint of suspicion» that he «pose [s] a threat to children or anyone else,» because such a priest may now «be thrown out as an abuser,» not «welcomed as a forgiven sinner to the company of forgiven sinners that is the Church.»

Now I would say that I was compelled by the Spirit to receive the imposition of the ashes because when the priest touched my forehead and said the words, «Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return,» it seemed as if the disconnected joint in my spirit between the solar and the lunar were popped back into its right place.

We are co-workers of the apostles (bishops and priests) in this work, but as lay Catholics we are all equipped and commissioned to speak for Jesus Christ because of our baptism and confirmation.

The priest's oracle is appropriate to the prophet's use because the prophet confronts a lamenting people as the priest confronted an individual in lament.

Because I was present to them, and because Father Arturo had honored me as priest, they knew all they needed to know and wanted to have their picture taken with me, have me bless their medals, have me be the recipient of their hugs and Because I was present to them, and because Father Arturo had honored me as priest, they knew all they needed to know and wanted to have their picture taken with me, have me bless their medals, have me be the recipient of their hugs and because Father Arturo had honored me as priest, they knew all they needed to know and wanted to have their picture taken with me, have me bless their medals, have me be the recipient of their hugs and kisses.

series St. Joseph Church History Dover's Calligraphy A to Z, because I'm hoping that this is how you improve handwriting in a middle - schooler Henle Latin 1, for a class our priest teaches at church Literature «Across the Curriculum,» as they say: Henri Fabre's Book of Insects King Solomon's Ring, by Konrad Lorenz Sun Slower, Sun Faster: Meriol Trevor Red Hugh, Prince of Donegal: Robert L. Reilly Come Rack!

HE IS ONE OF THE HOLIEST PRIESTS I KNOW, and you all are on a witchhunt after him because he dared to suggest that — not all, but — some of the abusers, though culpable, might not be AS culpable.

«There were also complaints about their priest's refusal to support Cafod [this, Fr Finigan explains, is because of Cafod's support for condoms as a means of combating HIV], his expenditure on traditional vestments and other clerical garb, the absence of a parish council and failure to account to parishioners how money from the collection plate was being spent» [in other words, possible corruption]

These priests who are denying the Eucharist to people because of their political positions are abusing their position as a priest and making spurious interpretations of the Catechism.

I do this... as a duty of brotherly love, so that if any misfortune or disaster comes out of this matter, it may not be attributed to me, nor will I be blamed before God and men because of my silence... We have no one on earth to thank for this disastrous rebellion except you princes and lords, and especially you blind bishops and mad priests and monks whose hearts are hardened... The murder - prophets [a reference to Karlstadt, Muntzer and all the Schwarmerei] who hate me as they hate you, have come among these people... for more than three years, and no one has resisted and fought against them except me... I beseech you not to make light of this rebellion... The peasants have just published twelve articles some of which are so fair and just as to take away your reputation in the eyes of God... Because you made light of my To The German Nobility you must now listen to and put up with these selfish arbecause of my silence... We have no one on earth to thank for this disastrous rebellion except you princes and lords, and especially you blind bishops and mad priests and monks whose hearts are hardened... The murder - prophets [a reference to Karlstadt, Muntzer and all the Schwarmerei] who hate me as they hate you, have come among these people... for more than three years, and no one has resisted and fought against them except me... I beseech you not to make light of this rebellion... The peasants have just published twelve articles some of which are so fair and just as to take away your reputation in the eyes of God... Because you made light of my To The German Nobility you must now listen to and put up with these selfish arBecause you made light of my To The German Nobility you must now listen to and put up with these selfish articles.

God shows us that Jesus Christ is better able to be our High Priest because he suffered like we do: «For we do not have a high priest who is not able to empathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin» (Heb.

Probably the Egyptians did not know that they were governed despotically, or that the priest limited the royal power, because they had no alternative as a contrast either in fact or in imagination.

Please don't presume to know anything about me or use a priest / paster of church as your dartboard because you're speaking garbage.

though they must realize that their ministers can not give them absolution as a priest can because the pastor must be SENT by Jesus Christ.

When the Frankish vessel was captured this priest, severely wounded, embraced the opposing commander saying that with better weapons he would have won, then expired and went to hell, according to Anna, because as a priest he had taken weapons.18 The West, however, did not condemn him.

«So, you have to behave like catholic priest when you get there... because once you are arrested it will have a repercussion on you and other members of your battalion,» he said and explained that it was because of such incidence that they were given $ 700 as leave allowance.

About two weeks ago, Top Kay, the official fetish priest of Lilwin who also doubles as part - time musician on the label of Boss Nation Music owned by Lilwin released a song to insult and make serious allegations against some major stars in the industry because they danced to the «One Corner» by Patapaa.

Labour stalwart and South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Billings led the service, in his role as an Anglican priest, explaining that the Cathedral had been chosen because it was big enough for the hundreds of mourners.