repentance
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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
But it is recovery, with its repentance and hope of redemption, that is the most prominent theme of “Scene.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
Eventually, Mary comes clean, and a bevy of local teens show up in court with their various stolen diner items in an act of mass repentance.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024
The race is held the day before the start of Lent, the Christian period of repentance and sacrifice before Easter.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024
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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