Patrick Madrid's Top 10 Least Popular Medieval Penances —
10. Standing barefoot in the snow for hours
9. Skunk hair shirts
8. Scrubbing castle walls with toothbrush
7. Memorizing the Summa Theologiae
6. Chewing tinfoil
5. Delivering papal condemnations to Martin Luther
4. Hand copying the entire Bible
3. Wasp licking
2. Anything involving anthills
1. The "thorn paddle"
#10 was actually done by one Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
ReplyDeleteSt. Josemaría found his vocation by noticing a monk's bare footprints in the snow
ReplyDeleteIf I had to choose, it would be 4, 7 & 8. The others are a bit over the top.
ReplyDeleteLOL!
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