06-25-2012, 12:28 PM
(06-25-2012, 12:19 PM)StrictCatholicGirl Wrote: THAT is a perfect example of hyperbole! Do you really think Our Lord is advocating self abuse?
Where you see abuse others see self-mastery. Do orders of men and women not flagellate and wear hair-shirts and other instruments of physical suffering? Did not St Pio refuse to heal the sight of certain men because they would sin with their eyes? What is fasting then if not self abuse by this measure?