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Under the intense weight of guilt and sin

Discipline in hand, bearing the scars

Only a fraction of the suffering Christ faced

Penitents ready their Spugna and Disciplines

They walk the streets

As their ancestors did before them

Inflicting agony upon themselves

The skin tears

The blood flows

To suffer as Christ and the Martyrs suffered

The extremity of this self-mortification

Both condemned and praised

Is this truly penance?

The skin tears

The blood flows

To suffer as Christ and the Martyrs suffered