Cyprian Quotes

My prayer to the Lord every day, is this-I have been a great sinner. I do not deserve Heaven. Let me stay here.

To us sin has not become any less of a mystery or a pain.

Confession is something we will never outgrow, even if we become the saints God made us to be. Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa of Calcutta were revered even during their lifetime; but both made frequent use of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

There's lots of sins in this life. We're all sinners. If you don't believe in God and you don't believe in the scriptures, then we are on a different page.

One way you can get really close to God is to sin as hard as you can.

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.

I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.

Perhaps I can say that I am a bit astute, that I can adapt to circumstances, but it is also true that I am a bit naive. Yes, but the best summary, the one that comes more from the inside and I feel most true is this: I am a sinner whom the Lord has looked upon.

God-fearing people, once they're saved from their sins, they don't mind talking about it.

After doing two years in prison, trust me, I've seen a lot of tough guys pray. They're not just praying for themselves; they're praying for their family and the people they've let down.

One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.

I'd stand in line for Confession with old people and little kids, and as the line moved up, I knew when I got into the box that I would lie! Again!

I grew up Catholic. We went to confession on Saturday, stood in the shortest line, since it led to the priest who gave the easiest penance - usually a few Our Fathers and Hail Marys. We confessed in private, prayed our penance and our souls were clean.

In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus assumes that asking for forgiveness would be a daily occurrence, as would praying that we might be delivered from evil and led not into temptation.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

To truly repent of a big thing, you have to go into it with your heart open and force yourself to deal with it at that level and to apologize to God.

Things happen for a reason, and the only thing you can do is at night time get on your knees and ask God for forgiveness for anything that you did that you didn't feel was right.

I was raised Catholic, so guilt shackles you from acting like a complete fool all the time.

Since I am as evil as can be, I do need religion to offset my evilness!

Whoever hates his sins will stop sinning; and whoever confesses them will receive remission. A man can not abandon the habit of sin if he does not first gain enmity toward sin, nor can he receive remission of sin without confession of sin. For the confession of sin is the cause of true humility.

You will never see the preciousness of a Savior, if you do not see the reality of your sin.

Jesus is never upset at sinners; he is only upset with people who do not think they are sinners.

I am a sinner....who's probably gonna sin again...Lord forgive me!

One day I was talking to Cora. She prayed for me because she believed I was blind to sin, wanting me to kneel and pray too, because people to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.

The best of what we do and are, Just God, forgive!