Character Quote by Catherine of Siena

“Penance is a sacrifice, a voluntary punishment to show remorse for a sin. The more grievous the sin, the greater the self-inflicted suffering. For…

— Emily Thorne

The best penance is to have patience with the sorrows God permits. A very good penance is to dedicate oneself to fulfill the duties…

— Peter Damian

Penance is the willingness to undergo hardships for the achievement of a good purpose. I was willing. But when hardships came I found myself…

— Peace Pilgrim

Penance to be sure must be used as a tool, in due times and places, as need may be. If the flesh, being too…

— St. Catherine of Siena

“Because what good’s confession without penance—right,”

— Wally Lamb

True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so…

— Bernard of Clairvaux

Oh, what peril attaches to sin willfully committed! For it is so difficult for man to bring himself to penance, and without penitence guilt…

— Catherine of Genoa

“An inexhaustible capacity to engage in sin is what makes human beings capable of living a virtuous life. To err is human; to seek…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission;…

— Thomas Aquinas

“She'd only gotten what she deserved. No penance could wash away her sins. Not really.”

— Denise Hunter

“Told often enough that they are the source of sin, women may well begin feeling guilty as they accept the necessity for penance. Taught…

— Sandra M. Gilbert Susan Gubar

“On the divine model, sin is a bad decision in the eyes of God. Penance is the expiation of sin through suffering in the…

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus