Sentences with word «penitence»

Like this Mary, who lived a life of penitence in the desert, go and sit and speak in the desert of human hearts».

Ibid.; cf. Tertullian, On Penitence, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol.

Gregory takes the case of a parishioner who, let us suppose, having at one point grossly sinned, has now completely desisted from that sin and yet does not wish to go through any semblance of an awkward or embarrassing act of penitence before God for past misdeeds.

«the sacrament of penitence requires the personal dialogue between the penitent and the confessor and the absolution by the confessor,» I thought that Jusus became the new high priest, that there was no longer any high priest needing to intercede to God for the people, and thus through Jesus you can approach God directly, without having to go to a priest for some confession ritual.

Man - made doctrine = the idea that a bought indulgence, with penitence, can «spring a soul» from purgatory.

Repentance was, it must be remembered, a long regime of public penitence.

Here too we express penitence both for our neglect and for having sometimes regarded evangelism and social concern as mutually exclusive.

And being one night in a most profound penitence, she said from the bottom of her heart: «O my Lord!

Now if a Jew was to think on these lines at all, and with all his heritage he could not avoid doing so, he was bound to think in terms of sacrifice, for it was through penitence expressed in terms of sacrifice that sin could be forgiven.

The advent of Christ, an historical event which is none of our doing, says to us that, even before we are reformed, even before we have faith, even before we show penitence, we are accepted.

As their interest and care centered increasingly on man's inner life, on spiritual quality and ethical devotion, as the stronger emotions ceased being merely anger or grief and became also penitence, aspiration, moral idealism, and the love of God, the word ruach expanded its meanings to cover the case.

On the other hand, if one is relying upon God's forgiveness, or grace, no degree of mere obedience as such is required, only penitence and faith.

The prison's philosophy was radical at the time — inmates were kept in strict isolation that was supposed to encourage penitence, hence the name.

By definition, if it was Satan that parted the Red Sea, lead His people out of Egypt, prophesied to the redeeming plan at the fall, sent His Son to be the perfect penitence to restore us to Him then is he God?

Ash Wednesday is a day of penitence marking the beginning of Lent, a journey of 40 days to Good Friday and Easter.

I wonder how many decades will pass before Chad's ilk adopt the same penitence for their discrimination against the LGBT.

Would that all communions might stress penitence, rather than pride!

The act involves penitence for past sins and the acceptance of His mercy and forgiveness.

It is a paradox of our faith — but one that Christian living validates — that we should feel assured of our salvation when our lives have been committed to God in Christ; yet at the same time we should «press on,» in humility and continuing penitence, leaving it to God to judge our status before him.

There was a story of a Prophet that was sent to nation or society of Gays & Lesbians to preach and remind them to take penitence.

For what consolation does the Jewish prayer of penitence offer, except the grace of God who forgives sins?

16 (whatever the interpretation of Azazel) the symbolism is at least in part that of the complete penitence for sin and God's equally complete removal of sin.

Above all, how can religious faith be restored by associating it with national pride instead of with Christian penitence and forgiveness?

We can now think of God not as the threatening judge but as the waiting father, and we can come to him in heart - broken penitence but nonetheless in childlike confidence and trust.

There sin is a deep, inward defilement; goodness is an interior fountain of spiritual quality; penitence concerns what a man is behind what he does; and the desire for a good life calls out the prayer for spiritual rebirth,

I guess I just assumed that Calvinists had the edge on the whole penitence thing because they have such a developed theology regarding depravity.

Toward the dawn of the third day of beseeching penitence, Yerachmiel, who was watching beside him, heard him whispering the words of the prayers: «She is like the palm tree.

Whether he meant it or not, Simon feigned penitence and asked Peter to pray that he escape the curse of God.

The first extreme is to make penitence and forgiveness so easy they come to mean nothing.

No sacrifice made by the people in penitence satisfies a holy God, nor can they pull themselves up by the bootstraps to walk the way He would have them walk.

The document tends to place politeness above penitence, conscientiousness above contrition.

It shouldn't result in a lifetime of economically - driven moral penitence.

I had to go see it four times in theaters, with varying assortments of friends and (then --RRB- girlfriends, before I felt I reach a place of proper penitence.

James said that the ensuing outbreak of penitence often leads students to confess absurdly trivial transgressions.