In his sermon, Pastor Harris offered his congregation "special dispensation" to "crack that wrist" and "give him a good punch" to their "sons who act girlish" and to "reign in" daughters who are "acting too butch".
"Ultimately," she said, "I think inclusiveness of all people is one of the things that will make mainline congregations special and attractive and has the potential to give them life again.
They also draw on certain "special faculties" that the Congregation was granted in 2002 and 2003 by Pope John Paul II at the request Cardinal Ratzinger, then the congregation's prefect, that streamline some disciplinary procedures, according to a canon lawyer familiar with the norms.
To the usual religious vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, the Marianists add a fourth vow of stability, faithfulness to the congregation, and special consecration to Mary.
Wherever sermons are preached to the congregation, a special responsibility rests on the preacher to build the local community up in the Christian faith.
An avid skier and tennis player, her innate dignity, natural elegance, and open and warm personality contributed to her special status in the congregation and the larger community.
It infuriated him, their overlong talk and circuitous proverbs, their never getting to the point, but he was determined to excel here; it was the reason he had joined the Holy Ghost congregation, whose special vocation was the redemption of black heathens.
After this, the congregation recites special Hoshanot psalms asking for God's forgiveness.
Jewish congregations took special steps to deal with damaged texts that they view as sacred.
