repentance
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But it would take George Floyd's murder by a white police officer to spur the Church on to speed up its examination of ties to historic slavery and explore some form of repentance.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
This insight reminds me of a Lenten devotional piece by Jesuit Rick Ganz, who discloses what motivates repentance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
The day marks the beginning of Lent, the most solemn season of repentance in the ecclesiastical year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
"As Christians, we know that we are people who need repentance and hope."
From BBC ● May 4, 2025
It ‘There are literary-critical and theological questions over whether it occurs to Satan that there’s the possibility of repentance, but we’ll skate over those here. “
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Vocabulary lists containing repentance
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