Sentences with phrase «way by a priest»

It was thought that if the water was blessed in a particular way by a priest, it had healing powers which could wash away the sickness or evil spirit.

The voice comes from a man who was abused as a child in the most heinous ways by a priest of the church.

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By the way there is far more of this behavior occuring by married men than by celibate priests in societBy the way there is far more of this behavior occuring by married men than by celibate priests in societby married men than by celibate priests in societby celibate priests in society.

«I do not say this in any way to minimize the abuse of minors by Boston priests, which is heinous, or the serious mistakes made by the Church hierarchy in responding to it,» O'Malley said in the letter.

And By the way... 1 in 50 would be only 2 %... the number of gay priests and higher is quite a bit higher than the world average, and higher than in any other religion... which is explained (at least in theory of why that is the case) in the frontline I saw... they estimated it is closer to one in 5

We would expect to see greater levels of abuse amongst groups in which celibacy is a normal way of life (such as Catholic priests), and by extension lower levels of abuse in groups in which celibacy is unusual.

There were three types of Man described: ones who chose celibacy to dedicate themselves to God's service, such as monks, priests, or nuns; those castrated by others, these are traditional eunuchs; and those who were «born that way.»

The variety of voices is heightened by the different dialogue styles Paton uses: the lyric, almost biblical way he renders the Zulu dialect; the cliché - ridden language of the commercially oriented, English - speaking community; the chanting rhythms and repetition of the native «chorus»; the clear, logical, terse style of the educated black priest who helps Kumalo find Absalom; the cynical, humorous tone of chapter 23, a satire on justice.

As we near perhaps the most important election in modern times I am very concerned that many Christians have lost their way and are imperiling themselves, and this country as a whole, by supporting the presidential candidacy of a Mormon «high priest».

They give me and my goons (priests) 10 % of their money and believe in some old story... Oh by the way, my buddy is the one who pulls the sun across the sky in a chariot.

Hosea 6:9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, [so] the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

As we near perhaps our most important election in modern times I am very concerned at seeing that so many Christians have apparently lost their way and are imperiling themselves, and this country as a whole, by supporting the presidential candidacy of a Mormon «high priest».

This is, by the way, not about Latin, the Tridentine liturgy, statues, or which way the priest faces.

«Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way which he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great high priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith» (10:19 - 22).

nah — they believe that grocary store bread and wine becomes the flesh and blood of a dead Jew from 2,000 years ago because a priest does some hocus - pocus over it in church of a Sunday morning; that a being reads my mind whenever I pray and intervenes to change what would otherwise be the course of history in small ways to «answer my prayers»; and that I will survive my own physical deathand live happily ever after if I follow some rules laid down by goat herders in Bronze Age Palestine.

But this is just the way Christianity is talked about... by believing priests.

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

This characterization is further enhanced by the activity of the magician, illegitimate priest as he was, who is commonly recognized to have been in some way ancestor of the modern scientist.

By the way Dr. Martin Luther the great German Reformer also was baptized by a Catholic priest and never got baptized, again, although he rejected papacBy the way Dr. Martin Luther the great German Reformer also was baptized by a Catholic priest and never got baptized, again, although he rejected papacby a Catholic priest and never got baptized, again, although he rejected papacy.

More important and immediate than the embargo question, I was impressed by the way that U.S. pilgrims to Cuba - including cardinals, bishops, and many priests - evinced a sense of urgency about ongoing and very practical work with the Cuban Church.

And when the chief priests and the scribes heard it, they kept looking for a way to kill him; for they were afraid of him, because the whole crowd was spellbound by his teaching.

The high priest Caiaphas, by the way, was removed from office at the same time, and that ended his ten - year collaboration with Pilate, a collaboration ultimately judged unwise even by Roman imperial interests.

Well, there was a nun from Brazil who heard of my arrival to a parish that had not had a priest before and came to welcome me very sweetly but also said, «By the way, it is forbidden for you to enter the sugar cane plantations of the Vicini family.»

By the way, there is one other example in Scripture of a portion of plunder being given to priests after a war.

In a day when religious prophets and secular high priests often proclaim that political problems would quickly be swept aside if leaders trusted more to their common humanity, Mr. Lippmann shockingly asserts that modern - day seers and saints have remarkably little to offer by way of practical advice and specific guidance.

The first way is expressed by the apostate priest Cristóvão Ferreira, who applies a kind of scholastic logic to Japanese Christianity: The swamp of Japan has caused the root of Christianity to decay and rot, turning it into something else.

The way Maxmilian Kolbe met death is also a personal testimony given by Bruno Borgowiec, who told it to his parish priest before he died in 1947.

and after listening to my local priest proclaim that he was a Republican during his homilies and after getting a last minute «YOU know who your pastoral conscience suggests you vote for» at the last mass before the election, and after reading all the pronouncements by the us conference of bishops as they were published throughout the election year, I know that THE BISHOPS WERE WAY TOO PARTISAN AND AS A CATHOLIC IT OFFENDS ME THAT THE BISHOPS THINK SO POORLY OF THE POLITICAL JUDGEMENT OF CATHOLICS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE TOLD WHO TO VOTE FOR.

Enraged by his denunciation of the temple commercialization in which they were engaged, these priests struck back in this and other ways.

And he is of this quality because he comes to us not by way of king and priest, but through insurgent prophets identifying him with an unattained social ideal.

It was this «juggling», this seemingly magical element that still offended Luther so deeply, and he criticised theological theories, enshrined in such a phrase as ex opere operato, referring in various ways to the automatic realisation of a sacrament when performed correctly by a properly ordained priest, with little or nothing said about the recipient and the faith he should have.

The cause, it seems, is sometimes personality conflict, sometimes a too aggressive approach by Opus Dei, and, in a number of cases, resentment by super-progressive priests of a movement that proposes a different, and deeply conservative, way of being Catholic.

There's no better way to enter into the pilgrim character of the season that to participate in the 7 a.m. stational Mass led by the priest and students of the North American College.

Such deities also had hidden or secret names known only by certain priests who knew the proper way to invoke them without offense.

He needs to start by cleaning out EVERY priest, bishop cardinal and any other funtionary of the church that was in any way involved in the abuse of others or the covering up of those abuses.

I used to think the same way until i discovered that: 1) The animals killed in sacrifice were eaten by the priests.

The line of Zadok, which claimed to trace its genealogy all the way back to Zadok the priest who died during Solomon's reign, and who in turn traced his origins back to Aaron, was displaced for power - political reasons by the Greek Seleucids.

Luke Coppen ends his Catholic Herald leader with a question: «could all the parts of the Church — bishops, priests, the Catholic press, bloggers and committed lay people — find a new way to work together to ensure that the Pope's message is heard not only by all Catholics but also by those outside the Church who are anxious to receive it?».

It is not contrary to Catholicism by the way that priests be married.

Just this morning on my way here, I was notified of the violation of a Catholic church in Benue State by armed killers, who went there while a burial mass was taking place and killed the priest and some worshippers.

You also have to understand that the Haitian belief system allows a sorcerer an out, a way to rationalize failures and emphasize successes: If I go down to the beach and give you a poison and absolutely nothing happens, I can say that my attempt to capture your soul was interrupted by a priest who protected you.

Today another wave of trials are under way involving allegations of sexual abuse of children by priests.

On the page it's told largely by way of letters written by Father Rodrigues (Garfield in the movie), one of two Jesuit priests — Adam Driver, eerily gaunt, plays the secondary character, Father Garupe — who convince their superior (Ciaran Hinds) to travel to Japan on a final mission.

This is seen by a Nazi officer as an efficient way to undermine Merrin's belief in his own goodness, and indeed forces the priest to commit evil to avoid greater evil.

Sponsored by a New York - based Irish priest (Jim Broadbent), Eilis crosses the ocean, battling seasickness and homesickness along the way.

Composed by Mark McKenzie Sony Classical / 57m An as - yet unreleased animation which frames a contemporary story of an old man helping a young rebel navigate his way through life against the inspirational story of Father Maximillian Kolbe, the Polish priest whose story of inspiration and bravery while imprisoned at Auschwitz led to him later -LSB-...]

There's such care in the way she writes every character; I think, for instance, of the priest and drama instructor played by Stephen McKinley Henderson, who has a small number of lines but an arc that's filled with pathos.

There's obviously the man severely traumatized by the greatest betrayal a priest can make, and who is planning to lash out in the most drastic way possible.

When Mildred's priest (Nick Searcy) stops by her house to tell her that the billboards are eroding the goodwill the congregation accorded her after Angela's death, the scene makes for one of the script's most empathetic observations: People expect women to grieve in ways deemed decorous and unchallenging to the status quo.

Germany's top Jesuit apologized Monday for serial sexual abuse apparently committed by two priests at one of the country's most prestigious high schools, saying there was evidence of it for years but Jesuit officials did not «react the way it would have been necessary.»