tribunal of penance

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This is a common experience with those who habitually frequent the tribunal of penance.

From The Warfare of the Soul Practical Studies in the Life of Temptation by Hughson, Shirley C.

I shall be in the tribunal of penance at six o'clock P.M.; there I shall expect to meet you.

From Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal by Richardson, Sarah J.

The charitable advice of the confessor in the tribunal of penance is futile against the intoxicating seductions of those romances whose only merit consists in flattering the most depraved inclinations of the human heart.

From Serious Hours of a Young Lady by Sainte-Foi, Charles

She afterwards said he reproved her sharply for coming to the sacred tribunal of penance too richly attired, and in a manner not becoming a penitent whose heart was broken with compunction.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

When she approached the tribunal of penance, but, above all, in going to communion, her body sometimes emitted a fragrant odour, and a halo of light surrounded her head.

From The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others by Fullerton, Georgiana