Confession Quote by Pope Gregory I Download Open image “To do penance is to bewail the evil we have done, and to do no evil to bewail.” — Pope Gregory I ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Confession Done Evil Penance Saint
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 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. It is… — Emily Thorne Copy Share Image
“Penance should be but the means to increase virtue according to the needs of the individual, and according to what the soul sees she… — Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Often what keeps us stuck and continually doing penance is the very feeling that we must pay for lack of action. We become caught… — Noelle Sterne 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 suffering. For… — Emily Thorne Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 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, being too strong, kicks against the spirit, penance takes the rod of discipline, and fast, and the cilice of many buds, and mighty vigils; and places burdens enough on the flesh, that it may be more subdued. But… — St. Catherine of Siena Copy Share
I don't know what heavy penance could have come to mind that frequently I would not have gladly undertaken rather than recollect myself in… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
He who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exemplify the… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
I despise the proper constructions and cases, because I think it very unfitting that the words of the celestial oracle should be restricted by… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
If we are, in fact, now occupied in good deeds, we should not attribute the strength with which we are doing them to ourselves.… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
Now if the wearing of fine and precious robes were not a fault, word of God would never have so carefully expressed this. For… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
“He must, therefore, be the model for everyone. He must be devoted entirely to the example of good living. He must be dead to… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
“Necessity demands that one should carefully examine who it is that comes to the position of spiritual authority; and coming solemnly to this point,… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
“Pope Gregory believed that successful pastoral leadership required a balance between the contemplation of the isolated ascetic and the action of the well-trained administrator.” — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
There are in truth three states of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the perfection. In the beginning they experience the charms of… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
“For it is no doubt impossible to eradicate everything at once from their obstinate minds, because he who endeavours to reach the highest place… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
“The spiritual director should not reduce his attention to the internal life because of external occupations, nor should he relinquish his care for external… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
If You Love Someone, Be Brave Enough To Tell Them., Otherwise Be Brave Enough To Watch Them To Be Loved By Someone Else. — Bilal Zahoor Copy Share Image
A love to Christ which is so cowardly and selfish that it is unwilling to proclaim by a public confession its faith in Him… — Abbott Eliot Kittredge Copy Share Image
Boys say its great..boys say its fine... 9 months later boys say its not mine..! — Simi Ngr Copy Share Image
The characters in my novels are my own unrealized possibilities. That is why I am equally fond of them all and equally horrified by… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Notoriety and public confession in the literary form is a frazzler of the heart you were born with, believe me. — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
In Confession, Jesus welcomes us with all our sinfulness, to give us a new heart, capable of loving as he loves. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A man does not have to feel less than human to realize his sin; oppositely, he has to realize that he gets no special… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“I was going to make a confession. Then I remembered I don't make them very well. We still need to see the monkeys." "You… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Yelena, you've driven me crazy. You've caused me considerable trouble and I've contemplated ending your life twice since I've known you." Valek's warm breath… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
“I have a confession to make.121 Almost every time I tune in to religious radio or TV, I want to change my religion. I” — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
A catechism is simply a tool for teaching the fundamentals of the faith. Unlike a creed or confession, a catechism uses questions and answers.… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
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