Sentences with phrase «penitence before»

Probably the baptism of John was an eschatological sacrament, and may have had in the circle of the Baptizer some peculiar sacramental meaning, but Jesus can scarcely have seen more in it than the acknowledgment of penitence before the coming of the Kingdom.

Only genuine humility and penitence before God in conjunction with trust in his forgiving mercy can keep the balance true.

We can learn from these past mistakes, and in a spirit of deep humility and penitence before our God acknowledge the guilt of past generations which clings to us who strive today to bear the joyous message of Christ.

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Baptism and communion require penitence and thought before you seek them.

Neither cynical nor saccharine, it is a vision built on both penitence and celebration before God, beckoning pagan and pilgrim alike.

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

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.

We undertake this engagement in search of unity, in penitence for our wounding the body of Christ, and in obedience to the call of the Spirit, fervently hoping that our witness will be made more efficacious and that before the eschaton, we shall come to the day when we can sit together at the table spread by our common Lord, Jesus Christ.