Sinner (male and female)
See also: Sin, Fault, Blasphemy.
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Jesus and the Samaritan woman Photina by the well. He leads her to see that she is a sinner and to To Believe in him - James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum.
Every faithful person is a "sinner," in that they commit sins, at different degrees, because of the weakness introduced by the original fault. This term also specifically refers to the greatest sinners, that is, those who sin mortally and persist in sin without yet having reached repentance.
In "The Gospel as It Was Revealed to Me"
Sinner (male and female)
- (Jesus): The humility of saying: “I am a sinful man” is already a Baptism that purifies the Heart.[1]
- Repentance, patience, steadfastness, heroism and then, O sinners, I promise you that you will be your own liberators. Truly I tell you, there is no Baptism that counts, nor any rite that serves, if there is no repentance and will to renounce sin. In truth I tell you that there is no sinner so great that he cannot bring back to life by his tears of repentance the Virtues that sin has torn from his Heart.[2]
- Mary Magdalene in the house of Simon the Pharisee bathes Jesus' feet with her tears: Do you see this Woman? I entered your house, and you did not give me Water for my feet; but she has washed my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.[3] and [4]
- The greatest sinners, when they convert, surpass us in justice. Why is that? - Because, in them, contrition is in proportion to their sin. Immense. For this reason it breaks them under the weight of suffering and humility.[5]
- I have never gone with sinners to approve their sin. I went to bring them away from sin.[6]
- Every man can sin, but he is despicable only when he persists in sin.[7]
- Truly I tell you that seventy times out of a hundred, man sins by his own will. And he does not rise from sin because he refuses to examine himself.[8]
Home of sinners
- There are two things essential to have in order to be true teachers. The first: an austere life for oneself, […] The second: a patient mercy […] Not all souls heal instantly from their wounds.[9]
- Jesus teaches and converts the prostitute sent to tempt him.[10]
- When a faithful person comes to weep at your feet the troubles that come from their actions or those of others, you must always have present in your mind all seven of these questions: Who ... – What ... – Where ... – How ... – With what and with whom ... – Why ... – When ...[11]