I don't know what heavy penance I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you have the courage to imitate Mary Magdalene in her sins, have the courage to imitate her penance! — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
“God has never experienced misery. The one, who becomes estranged from God, has misery.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications. — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
To remove untouchability is a penance that caste Hindus owe to Hinduism and to themselves. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Christians aren't people who never sin or always do the right thing. We're people who live in continual repentance. — LeCrae Copy Share Image
“This world is such that it will let one live in whatever way he wants. But his own weakness does not let… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Since the Fall, man had accepted labor as a penance and for its power to work redemption. It was not a law… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
I will no longer wound myself with the thoughts and questions that have surrounded me like thorns: that is a penance You… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Penance is a sacrifice, a voluntary punishment to show remorse for a sin. The more grievous the sin, the greater the self-inflicted… — Emily Thorne Copy Share Image
“What is the meaning of difference of opinions? It is to clash (bump) with a wall. If we hit our head, is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
As Christians, our duty is to pray for them and ask the Lord to give them the grace of penance, so that… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“The result of external penance and renunciation is worldly life, meaning that one acquires material pleasures and gradually one even attains the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
He who confesses magic or sorcery shall do penance for the time of murder, and shall be treated in the same manner… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
“The faithful of to-day should try by a more ardent contrition to make up for the enforced mildness of the Church in… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
We must suffer. Our five sense are dulled by inordinate pleasure. Penance makes them keen, gives them back their natural vitality, and… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“In all outward aspects he remained patient and mild now, not caring even to speak against heretics; he knew that he was… — Ackroyd Peter Copy Share Image
The true penance comes when God takes away the soul's health and strength for doing penance. Even though I have mentioned elsewhere… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
There must be some other possibility than death or lifelong penance, said the Ellen Ward of my dream, that woman I hate… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
“People have seen the ‘theory of doership’, but they have not seen the ‘theory of karma’. ‘This man insulted me’, is a… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to Heaven. There are others: innocence, but that is for little children; penance, but… — Pope Pius X Copy Share Image
“The penance and renunciation that one is told to do is actually under the authority of the non-Self (parsatta). So how can… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Lent is like a long 'retreat' during which we can turn back into ourselves and listen to the voice of God, in… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Such young men are often awkward, ungainly, and not yet formed in their gait; they straggle with their limbs, and are shy;… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Now are the days, of humblest prayer, When consciences to God lie bare, And mercy most delights to spare. Oh hearken when… — Frederick William Faber Copy Share Image
“An inexhaustible capacity to engage in sin is what makes human beings capable of living a virtuous life. To err is human;… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
We can think of Lent as a time to eradicate evil or cultivate virtue, a time to pull up weeds or to… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“On the divine model, sin is a bad decision in the eyes of God. Penance is the expiation of sin through suffering… — Gideon Lewis-Kraus Copy Share Image
“—The Fathers teach that God does not forgive sins without the cooperation of the Church. See the Patristic texts quoted infra, Part… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“Anesthesia was discovered. Do you know what it means to relieve man of his pain and suffering? Anesthesia is the most humane… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
“I. Penance is a true Sacrament, instituted by Christ for the forgiveness of post-baptismal sins. II. Penance is a Sacrament distinct from… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
