Strengths & Weaknesses: Are You A Human Being?

 There are many million ways to get into troubles. 

Just the word, simple word PENANCE could lead you to think twice as hard as what those scholarly entities have in mind.

What the word PENANCE means? Let's have synonyms first.

PENANCE also means: Atonement. Self-punishment. Expiation. Self-mortification

In other word it is called or coined as PENITENCIA.

PENANCE is an act or set of actions done out of repentance for sins committed, as well as an alternate for reconciliation or confession.

Who should do this act of penance? and why?

Who should confess?

Who should apologize?

What is an apology?

Have you seen the movie THE MISSION? 

 It was epic.

 

It was a period movie based from the religious misunderstanding of the past. It is a very delicate, complicated matters to deal with in our generation because well for one thing and one thing only, you should be religious enough or devoted to the FAITH itself. Catholic religion for one thing is based on "suffering of the SON OF GOD. Just like HIM, one must suffer (not the same suffering of crucifixion although in Philippines, during the Holy Week on Good Friday, several men volunteered to be nailed on the cross as part of the Cenaculo or an act of penance) in order to feel the pain, heartaches, agony and mystery of such faith. Only The most devoted Catholic can understand such devotion. Other humans cannot understand such ritual, duty and obligation. No one will understand celibacy, abstinence, marriage before sex, for every sins committed there is a corresponding punishment, there is a weekly confession of sins, following the TEN COMMANDMENTS by heart, prayers, solemn novena prayers, attending Sunday mass, Wednesday and Friday mass. The Angelus prayers at 6 pm every night, praying before and after every meals, family prayers, communion rites, memorization of many prayers or book of hymns, prayer for the sick, prayer for the dead, mass parade for the saints one mile long from the Church and back until the candles melt on your feet and your heels aching for big bunions, sweating and almost dying situation while on procession and how many processions to attend for the many saints in the Catholic religious faith? Too many to mention. Roman Catholic is a religion of "suffering" and every Roman Catholic are so used to it and it doesn't bother them one bit. It was and it is part of being baptized as Catholic. It is a religion that never been a peddler as in being commercialized, no way. It's just that if the parents are catholic then the offspring are then to be baptized Catholic. It was never a religion that force anybody to be in their "league." 

Now what? TEN THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA...

I want to know the story of Jules Verne's novel. 

THE NOVICE vs THE EXPERT  

hmm, I should write a novel based on that eh?