Sentences with phrase «when penitential»

This approach gained momentum during the early Middle Ages when penitential manuals were first written detailing the nature of specific sins and their proper penances.

Not exact matches

When God's word of wounded grace moves Micah into a penitential frenzy, my ears perk up.

Baptism is recalled not only every Easter, when the faithful renew their baptismal promises, but also at a sung Mass with the Asperges, where the people are sprinkled with water, in a rite which replaces the usual penitential rite.