The Castus had become a myth to most, a shadow, but Thomas knew that every rumor was rooted in truth.
He took her hand without question, without fear, and he never regretted it.
As we grow in holiness, we grow in hatred of sin; and God, being infinitely holy, has an infinite hatred of sin.
The Bible says man has sin nature, but do clones have sin nature?
Jesus didn’t die to forgive me of my sin but leave me in it. He died to forgive and to free me from the power of sin.
For we know that our old self was crucified with him so the the body of sin might be brought to nothing, that we should no longer be enslaved to sin.
Telling people they don't have a sin nature doesn't promote sin anymore than telling a slave they are free promotes slavery.
Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak.
There is an obsession in the Church with sin management. People think more about their sins than about their redemption through Jesus
The law provides expert diagnosis of our sin problem, but the law does not provide the cure to our sin problem. Only Jesus can!
Sin and the effects of sin are similar to the laws of inertia: a person (or object) in motion will continue on that trajectory until acted upon by an outside force.
Nor can the Apostle mean that Eve only sinned; or that she only was Deceived, for if Adam sinned willfully and knowingly, he became the greater Transgressor.
Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.
People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. So happy hacking.
Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works.
Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to do so.
Just as good and virtue, sin and evil can only be given in vigil. Who sleeps, sleeps; for the asleep there is no sin, just as there is no good, nor virtue. There is only sleep.
Brethren, it is easier to declaim against a thousand sins of others, than to mortify one sin in ourselves.
In the gay (Catholic) community, it would seem, the maxim is: love the sin and love the sinner, but hate anyone who calls it a sin or him a sinner.
To say of shame - what is it? Of virtue - we can miss it; Of sin-we can kiss it, And it's no longer sin.
Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
