“Perfect contrition effects the immediate justification of the sinner without the Sacrament of Penance, as we shall show presently. 12 How can… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
I have traveled a good deal in Concord; and everywhere, in shops, and offices, and fields, the inhabitants have appeared to me… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We have very little, so we have nothing to be preoccupied with. The more you have, the more you are occupied, the… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Within the Church, sins are forgiven in three ways: by baptism, by prayer, and by the greater humility of penance; yet God… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“There were times that Nathan felt the world would be better off if he were dead. It seemed to him that it… — Belinda G. Buchanan Copy Share Image
“Lord is an abode of endless bliss. If you like happiness & you do not like misery, then worship the Lord. And… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“To remain strong in the effect as the Self (Swaparinaam) such that, ‘This is an effect of the non-Self (parparinaam) and it is not My effect;’… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“To properly do penance one must express contrition for one’s sins and perform acts to repair the damage caused by those transgressions.… — Emily Thorne Copy Share Image
When it was over, she gathered him in her arms. And told him the terrible irony of her life. That she had… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Penance is the willingness to undergo hardships for the achievement of a good purpose. I was willing. But when hardships came I… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
To deny one's self, to take up the cross, denotes something immeasurably grander than self-imposed penance or rigid conformity to a Divine… — George C. Lorimer Copy Share Image
There must be some other possibility than death or lifelong penance ... some meeting, some intersection of lines; and some cowardly, hopeful… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
I know California isn't a real destination. You can't get there from New Jersey, not simply by following a line drawn on… — Kate Braverman Copy Share Image
I always wished I could go to confession. I was so full of things I couldn't name and had an instinct to… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
When white men were willing to put their own offspring in the kitchen and corn field and allowed them to be sold… — Rebecca Latimer Felton Copy Share Image
Penance to be sure must be used as a tool, in due times and places, as need may be. If the flesh,… — St. Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Marriage is a state of penance. It calls for prayer, fasting, alms-deeds, renunciation, and the intention to increase the Kingdom of God.” — Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich Copy Share Image
I avoid that bleak first hour of the working day during which my still sluggish senses and body make every chore a… — John Kennedy Toole Copy Share Image
“The hermit said, ‘This is the way to be strong: when temptations start to speak in your mind do not answer them… — Benedicta Ward Copy Share Image
Christ commands you to take up His cross and follow Him, not that He may humble you, or lay some penance upon… — Horace Bushnell Copy Share Image
Living well has something to do with the spirituality of wholeheartedness, of seeing life more as a grace than as a penance,… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
“I was raised a Roman Catholic, but it was the kind of domesticated Catholicism that focused mostly on the length of your… — Gina Barreca Copy Share Image
“God has become trapped in as many living beings as there are. Now should you feel contempt (irritated) towards one when God… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I grew up Catholic. We went to confession on Saturday, stood in the shortest line, since it led to the priest who… — Regina Brett Copy Share Image
“Renounce (tyaag) if it is in your prakruti (inherent nature). Do penance (tapa) if it is in your prakruti. Chant (japa) if… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“But there are some born to do penance by nature. Maybe they lift the load for some of us who take it… — Ellis Peters Copy Share Image
“Tattooists are the new priests for the fucked-up and the thrown away. They speak the language of symbol, and administer penance in… — Skyler White Copy Share Image
“We're still dealing with the consequences of our actions. The people you drag down with you never go away. You have to… — Angie McKeon Copy Share Image
“many do not advance in the Christian progress because they stick in penances, and particular exercises, while they neglect the love of… — Brother Lawrence Copy Share Image
Everyone has a need to do penance. It's a basic need, like washing. It's about harmony, an absolutely essential inner balance. It's… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
I don't know what heavy penance could have come to mind that frequently I would not have gladly undertaken rather than recollect… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
It makes that a virtue which is not a virtue, and that a crime which is not a crime. Religion consists in… — Henry M. Field Copy Share Image
“When a Catholic priest from across the street insulted one of our members, you demanded he apologize. When he did, you accepted,… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“—With the sole exception of Penance, which demands certain supernatural acts (faith, contrition, etc.) either as quasi-matter, or at least as a… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
It hurts to look at the clouds, but it also helps, like most things that cause pain. So I need to run,… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
One woman approached me as she walked past and, pointing to her four children who were manfully helping the smallest ones over… — Rudolf Hoss Copy Share Image
I had grown accustomed to life being interesting and adventure ridden and, rather childishly, I refused to believe that this must necessarily… — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share Image
“My palm connected with the final looking-glass. A wave of brittle fractures rippled outward from the place my sanguine hand had struck.… — S.G. Night Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that although they have a respectable sales pitch, this business of a priest having the power to let… — Karl Wiggins Copy Share Image
