The examination of conscience has an important educational value. it teaches us to look sincerely at our own lives, to compare them… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“This worldly life is very difficult. Mother-in-law comes, mother of the mother-in-law comes, sister of mother-in-law comes, aunt of mother-in-law comes. How… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
This is me, a sinner on whom the Lord has turned his gaze. And this is what I said when they asked… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Gnan (knowledge) is a light. If you do penance after attaining that light, then you will attain liberation (moksha). And with this… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I was raised a Catholic as a boy and went to a Catholic boys' high school, a private school, and kind of… — James Balog 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
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
I do not know what might be the most fitting description… I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Told often enough that they are the source of sin, women may well begin feeling guilty as they accept the necessity for… — Sandra M. Gilbert Susan Gubar 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
“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
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
“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
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
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
