Meanings of poor penitent in English

Or, take the case of the poor penitent in the house of Simon.

She was all in black for her fault, poor penitent wretch.

The sculptor sighed, and left the poor penitent keeping his vigil on the tower.

The Father receives the poor penitent with, "Thy sins be forgiven thee."

Reader, have you ever spoken harshly to, or persecuted, a child of God-a poor penitent sinner?

By virtue of this covenant, God cannot but accept of a poor penitent sinner, laying hold upon Christ for pardon.

The absolution of the wicked priest is as effectual as if he were himself a saint-otherwise, God help the poor penitent!

For many years the poor penitent remained in the cloister trying to atone for his crime with fervent prayers and hard penance.

This evidence is in the form of a dying confession, which, at the request of the poor penitent, we have written with pen and ink.

Ay, I did come to Christ as a poor penitent wayward sinner, and even as I prayed, I caught myself thinking of my brother Wilfred.

God sets poor penitents to be His witnesses in His world, and to do His work here.

16 Among all the wondrous sights that angels witness, one gives them peculiar joy-itis the poor penitent prodigal returning to God, Luke 15:10.-Ed