Found 19 Results for: personal responsibility

  • Menelaus presented himself to the king whom he impressed by his personal bearing as a man of authority, and so obtained the office of high priest for himself, offering three hundred talents more than Jason. (2 Maccabees 4, 24)

  • For many have been led astray by their personal theories and false pretension has undermined reason. (Ecclesiasticus 3, 24)

  • Do not seek a position of responsibility lest you not be powerful enough to root out injustice and, overawed by a powerful man, you lose your integrity. (Ecclesiasticus 7, 6)

  • He also took from those in the city a eunuch in command of the fighting men, seven personal advisers to the king who were discovered in the city, (Jeremiah 52, 25)

  • When a man goes abroad and leaves his home, he puts his servants in charge, giving to each one some responsibility; and he orders the doorkeeper to stay awake. (Mark 13, 34)

  • moreover they appointed him to travel with us in this blessed work we are carrying on for the glory of the Lord but also because of our personal enthusiasm. (2 Corinthians 8, 19)

  • We are not among those who withdraw and perish, but among those who believe and win personal salvation. (Hebrews 10, 39)


“Menosprezai vossas tentações e não vos demoreis nelas. Imaginai estar na presença de Jesus. O crucificado se lança em vossos braços e mora no vosso coração. Beijai-Lhe a chaga do lado, dizendo: ‘Aqui está minha esperança; a fonte viva da minha felicidade. Seguro-vos, ó Jesus, e não me aparto de vós, até que me tenhais posto a salvo’”. São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina