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Penitence is something that is deeply personal - it doesn't appear on charts, and it doesn't show up on psychological tests because even the least penitent realize the need to appear penitent.
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Except: Carthage is the center of civilization, exists under a shrouded sky called the Penitence, and the extraordinarily rendered protagonist is a hermaphrodite with, as might be imagined, serious family issues.
What I'm Reading kenyonsf 2008
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Penitence, which is now in S. Jacopo tra Fossi, where the aforesaid friars live, near the Canto degli Alberti.
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 04 (of 10), Filippino Lippi to Domenico Puligo Giorgio Vasari 1542
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"Penitence," said Petrea, "is a goddess -- she protects the erring.
The Home Fredrika Bremer 1833
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Liane found religion in her mid-thirties, and she entered a Dominican order in Lausanne, adopting the name Sister Mary Magdalene of the Penitence.
Cocotte of the Week: Liane de Pougy | Edwardian Promenade 2010
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Penitence, then, is a way of re-claiming personal response-ability for the continued sanctification of the soul and, hence, the society.
Donna Henes: Lent: Hungering For Spirit Donna Henes 2011
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Penitence, then, is a way of re-claiming personal response-ability for the continued sanctification of the soul and, hence, the society.
Donna Henes: Lent: Hungering For Spirit Donna Henes 2011
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Penitence, then, is a way of re-claiming personal response-ability for the continued sanctification of the soul and, hence, the society.
Donna Henes: Lent: Hungering For Spirit Donna Henes 2011
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Just four months later, in September 2004, Israel initiated another military assault, "Days of Penitence", deploying about 2,000 Israeli troops, with 200 tanks and armored vehicles.
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Behind Penitence is the meeting between Ariadn and Bacchus.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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