mortal sin

We are more distinctly conscious that rude penances are out of the question for gentlemen in an enlightened age, and that mortal sin is not incompatible with an appetite for muffins.

"A vow to the saints," cried Alleyne, "is indeed not to be set aside; but this is a devil's vow, and, simple clerk as I am, I am yet the mouthpiece of the true church when I say that it were mortal sin to fight on such a quarrel.

Suppose that the Supreme Being, after having created the world and fertilized chaos, had paused in the work to spare an angel the tears that might one day flow for mortal sins from her immortal eyes; suppose that when everything was in readiness and the moment had come for God to look upon his work and see that it was good -- suppose he had snuffed out the sun and tossed the world back into eternal night -- then -- even then, Mercedes, you could not imagine what I lose in sacrificing my life at this moment." Mercedes looked at the count in a way which expressed at the same time her astonishment, her admiration, and her gratitude.

To receive communion while being at enmity with God because of mortal sin would be a great disrespect for Him.

Kung sasabihin nila na kakausapin nila yung senior senators na palitan si Sotto, unless SP committed a mortal sin, hindi susundin ang neophyte, (If they insist on speaking with senior senators to change Sotto, unless SP committed a mortal sin, they will not care to listen to that neophyte)," he pointed out.

"But it does not mean they are already capable of committing a 'mortal sin,'" he clarified.

'This was one mortal sin that Eugene De Vera committed: failure to consult among the members,' he said.

And in another plea, Pope Francis said he was seeking forgiveness for single mothers - and their children - being told the situations they found themselves in constituted a mortal sin.

"We ask for forgiveness for all those times in which many single mothers were told that to seek their children who had been separated from them, and the same being said to daughters and sons themselves, that this was a mortal sin. This is not a mortal sin.

"This is not a mortal sin. We ask for forgiveness."

AT the end of his article 'Political engineering' (April 29 Irfan Husain says: 'For most voters, taking a commission is not a mortal sin. In fact, they expect their leaders to make money on the side, provided they deliver on the basics.

They believed in three types of sin the original sin, the venial sin and the mortal sin. Now, it was the mortal sin that was most feared, and it consisted of the heaviest and deadliest of sin.