Sentences with phrase «penitents in»

Before sunrise he had generally confessed a good number of penitents in his own room.

When it was over, a manifestation of St. Michael the Archangel appeared to penitents in the campus chapel.

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It is clear that in this case the penitent could be in the grace of God, even if the confessor refuses him absolution.

Substantially, Gahl says: In the moment in which the penitent confesses a behavior that constitutes gravely sinful matter, committed without full consciousness and deliberate consent, the confessor will explain to him the doctrine of the Church regarding his particular problem and will refuse to impart absolution if the penitent will not commit himself in the future to avoid that behavioIn the moment in which the penitent confesses a behavior that constitutes gravely sinful matter, committed without full consciousness and deliberate consent, the confessor will explain to him the doctrine of the Church regarding his particular problem and will refuse to impart absolution if the penitent will not commit himself in the future to avoid that behavioin which the penitent confesses a behavior that constitutes gravely sinful matter, committed without full consciousness and deliberate consent, the confessor will explain to him the doctrine of the Church regarding his particular problem and will refuse to impart absolution if the penitent will not commit himself in the future to avoid that behavioin the future to avoid that behavior.

Would there be a sacrilege if the penitent that receives absolution in this condition receives Communion?

The penitent is absolved of the sin in confession, not the punishment due the sin, whatever that may be.

I do know that if I followed the guidelines of one liturgical commission, suggesting that I greet each penitent at the church doors with an open Gospel book and then lead a procession to a reconciliation room which looks more like an occasion of sin than a shrine for its absolution, the number of confessions in the middle of the metropolis where I serve would be severely reduced.

This person won't be in a position of authority or trust - he will never again be a shepherd of men — but should he seek true penitent reconciliation, he might be part of the flock.

What I love most in Joel is his articulation of the promise which those who are penitent receive.

[25] The holy pastor did not in any way ask people to imitate him, but to anexceedingly overweight penitent who asked him what she should do, he replied, half in jest, «Three Lents».

There — surrounding the kneeling penitent, not for consolation or support or fellowship (often the roles of the community), but likewise in penitence, confessing sin and seeking forgiveness.

Yet the eschatological situation in which he found himself was not yet that of the final blessedness, but rather the «last hour», in which forgiveness was offered to the penitent.

The priest - penitent privilege recognizes the human need to disclose to a spiritual counselor, in total and absolute confidence, what are believed to be flawed acts or thoughts and to receive priestly consolation and guidance in return.

The privileges between priest and penitent, attorney and client, and physician and patient... are rooted in the imperative need for confidence and trust.

He asks whether we are to regard the Cross as an opus operatum whose agent achieved something new, radically affected the scheme of things in time, and established in respect of the relations of men and women to God a new foundation: or whether we are compelled, partly by the demands of a theology that would emphasize divine acceptance above divine judgement, to say that all we find here is the most sublime presentation in time of the eternal readiness of God to receive to himself the truly penitent.

Or are we, partly by the paucity of our records, whose composition has been so largely shaped by factors quite other than a modern demand for historical, factual accuracy, partly by the demands of a theology that would emphasize divine acceptance above divine judgement, compelled to say that all we find here is the most sublime presentation in time of the eternal readiness of God to receive to himself the truly penitent?

31) makes its hero say also, «Behold, I am of small account;» (Job 40:4) and the Fifty - first Psalm, whose writer sees that God desires «truth in the inward parts,» is correspondingly penitent --

Usually, then, in my perhaps too extensive experience, the priest suggests, again gently, that some change in behavior be contemplated or undertaken, and then he asks absolution for the sinner, and blesses the penitent, and the penitent emerges from this riveting conversation thinking long thoughts.

The Sacrament of Penance is there for the forgiveness of sin, and is no mere ritual — it involves the penitent confessing specific sins with the intention of no longer continuing in them, receiving God's grace for this commitment.

In «The Bright Sun Will Bring It to Light,» the morning sunlight clears up a long - forgotten murder, and the culprit is convicted, while «The Virgin Mary's Child» concludes with heavenly redemption, when «heaven opened up right then and there, and the Virgin Mary descended with the [penitent sinner's] two little sons at either side and the daughter in her arms» in order to save her from flames at the stakIn «The Bright Sun Will Bring It to Light,» the morning sunlight clears up a long - forgotten murder, and the culprit is convicted, while «The Virgin Mary's Child» concludes with heavenly redemption, when «heaven opened up right then and there, and the Virgin Mary descended with the [penitent sinner's] two little sons at either side and the daughter in her arms» in order to save her from flames at the stakin her arms» in order to save her from flames at the stakin order to save her from flames at the stake.

Feigned penitent acts are in vain if they do not manifest themselves in seriously attempted behavioral changes.

In his newly penitent state, Garcés «gave the brethren detailed information of the cruelties committed against the innocent natives in peace and in war.&raquIn his newly penitent state, Garcés «gave the brethren detailed information of the cruelties committed against the innocent natives in peace and in war.&raquin peace and in war.&raquin war.»

It is instead a penitent approach to a God who gives life freely, and who not only does not profit from the holocaust of the particular, but who in fact fulfils the «sacrifice» simply by giving his gift again.

If the Church in Corinth had been taught by the Apostle Paul that the manner in which one is saved is to pray (verbally or nonverbally) a sincere, penitent, prayer / petition to God, such as a version of the Sinner's Prayer, why does this passage of God's Holy Word discuss baptisms for the dead and not «prayers for the dead», specifically, praying a version of the Sinner's Prayer for the dead?

We are saved by God's gift in the ministry and death of Christ as we accept these gifts in a humble and penitent spirit and dedicate our lives to God.

But to understand, at least in part, is to be strengthened in the knowledge of our own capacity for both good and evil» and of our radical dependence on the One who, despite His understanding all, forgives the penitent.

This is the test for your interpretation: are you an ungodly monster waging war under a vandalized cross or a humble penitent living in faith, dependent on the love of God?

It's the story of a young hoodlum in spiritual crisis who unsuccessfully tries to remain pure and penitent while maintaining a life of petty crime.

The Torah says in the passage that the day itself atones for our sins, once again, only if we are penitent.

We ought not to thank God for them without being sensitively aware of the misery and confusion of the world, penitent for our share in causing it, responsive to the call of God to help make possible for all men the blessings in which we rejoice.

The penitent Christian confesses one's sins to a priest or in community, regrets the evil, promises to sin no more, to avoid occasions of sin and make amends for the harm inflicted on others by the sins committed.

Most folk are in one of these two classes: barbarians with penitent and wistful interludes, or good men with unconquered mutinies.

Again, the very frank admissions of weakness or stupidity or lack of faith or downright blindness and disloyalty on the part of the disciples are sometimes explained as due to Peter's lifelong penitent self - accusation: he could not recall incidents from the life of his Master without breaking into tears once more, as once he did outside the high priest's house in Jerusalem.

True, it is an interruption of our ordinary tasks; we do lay down our work as though it were a day of rest, when the penitent (and it is only in a time of repentance that the heavy - laden worker may be quiet in the confession of sin) is alone before Thee in self - accusation.

Here, Rossetti is sure of God's mercy and love, and emphasizes it even in the most penitent of liturgical moments.

She rejects apocalyptic hope in favor of prophetic hope, in which the outcome depends upon human obedience.5 She asks rhetorically: «Can God — independently of whatever «the world,» and therefore society, does or fails to do — bestow forgiveness directly on a penitent man and make possible a new beginning for him?»

In 1095 this was offered to all penitent sinners who took part in the coming CrusadIn 1095 this was offered to all penitent sinners who took part in the coming Crusadin the coming Crusade.

It recognized on the one hand that God is just and can not ignore man s sin, but it showed on the other hand how God, in his Son Jesus Christ, had himself borne the penalty of man's sin by dying on the cross, thereby making it possible for God in his justice to offer his forgiveness freely to penitent men.

Citing formerly wrought judicial language, she calls the reference «ceremonial deism» and pointedly insists that it does not intend to place the speaker or listener in «a penitent state of mind,» create «spiritual communion» or invoke «divine aid.»

By the 16th century, paintings of the nourishing breast of the Virgin and Mary Magdalene's penitent breasts were only two among many contexts in which breasts were seen in art.

It was this stream of thought that came to expression in the Passion narrative where Luke recorded Jesus as saying to the penitent thief; «today you shall be with me in Paradise».5 We must be careful to do justice to the fluid nature of the forms in which the resurrection hope was expressed, and to recognize that they were alternatives which could not be easily reconciled with each other.

It is the Christian faith that God is the creator and ruler of the universe, a righteous and loving Father who demands goodness in his children, a saving God who in mercy forgives the penitent sinner and gives him a new start in life.

True, it is an interruption of our daily tasks; we do lay down our work as though it were a day of rest, when the penitent (and it is only in a time of repentance that the heavy - laden worker may be quiet in the confession of sin) is alone before Thee in self - accusation.

Once a person has accepted Christ, there are ample testimonies — some in this book — to God's answering simple prayers by penitent alcoholics.

Only the individual can truthfully will the Good, and even though the penitent toils heavily not merely in the eleventh hour of confession, with all the questions standing as accusations of himself, but also in their daily use in repentance, yet the way is the right one.

(It is) for every penitent and heedful one, (32) Who feareth the Beneficent in secret and cometh with a contrite heart.

In essence very simple, requiring confession, contrition and satisfaction on behalf of the penitent before a Catholic priest withfaculties from his bishop, confession is the practical difference between heaven and hell.

The ethical life which Jesus exalts in many of his most characteristic teachings is the ethical life of the penitent: the kingdom of God belongs to the poor in spirit, the meek, those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, those who seek mercy, the childlike, the humble.

Men who were familiar with the idea that God was merciful and would receive the penitent, realized that in Jesus God was being merciful and was receiving the penitent.

Occasionally, a penitent may «confess» their sins, but indicate that they have no regret in respect of them.