abstinences

An Aztec who aspired to join the sacrificial priesthood was required to fast, in addition to maintaining other abstinences, as part of his instruction.

Donna Henes: Lent: Hungering For Spirit Donna Henes 2011

Hence, as a result of this legal opinion, the U.S. veto or European abstinences may be averted.

Raghida Dergham: Abbas and a "Civil" Intifada in International Bodies Raghida Dergham 2011

An Aztec who aspired to join the sacrificial priesthood was required to fast, in addition to maintaining other abstinences, as part of his instruction.

Donna Henes: Lent: Hungering For Spirit Donna Henes 2011

An Aztec who aspired to join the sacrificial priesthood was required to fast, in addition to maintaining other abstinences, as part of his instruction.

Donna Henes: Lent: Hungering For Spirit Donna Henes 2011

These festivities, of course, are in marked contrast to the solemnities and abstinences of the Waiting Hand.

Cinnamon Roll 2010

To mortify one passion, no matter how small, is a greater help in the spiritual life than many abstinences, fasts, and disciplines.

Archive 2009-06-14 Esther 2009

I've seen people congregating, seeking community, but also observed a reckless blowing off of all kinds of diets and abstinences; as I indulged in cheese and chips, others smoked cigarettes and indulged their individual urges.

Amy Spies: Mindfulness in the Time of Economic Meltdown 2009

To mortify one passion, no matter how small, is a greater help in the spiritual life than many abstinences, fasts, and disciplines.

Maxims of St. Philip Neri Esther 2009

Some were all rules and relics and rosaries; others were all drab clothes, long faces, and petty traditional abstinences from wine or cards or the theatre.

Archive 2007-02-01 Arevanye 2007

Some were all rules and relics and rosaries; others were all drab clothes, long faces, and petty traditional abstinences from wine or cards or the theatre.

Vintage Pharisee Arevanye 2007