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Sin, Repentance
and Forgiveness
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Be penitent, therefore, and be
converted, that your sins may be blotted out. |
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- St. Peter, Acts of the
Apostles 3:19, c. 30 |
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Give me strength, O
God, to expiate my offenses, to overcome my
temptations, to subdue my passions, and to acquire
the virtues proper to my state.
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- Clement XI, A Universal
Prayer, c. 1715 |
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There is, alas, a
spirit of hedonism abroad today which beguiles men
into thinking that life is nothing more than the
quest for pleasure and the satisfaction of human
passions. This attitude is disastrous.
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- John XXIII,
Mater et Magistra, May 15, 1961 |
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