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• n  punishment inflicted on yourself

• For one thing, it does not root out the desire for self-punishment.
• For that sort of self-punishment he gets perhaps another $1,000 per year, but with it comes the satisfaction of shaping one of the most creative organizations in the American .
• The excesses of self-punishment are on the decline, and Penitente membership is growing in New Mexico and southern Coloradoespecially among 20-to 25-year-olds.

News & Articles

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• Pratt: We're not equipped to pass judgment on others
  Somewhere in the equation of weighing good versus bad within biblical boundaries, a certain mindset within the church focused on the idea that perfection could be attained through self-punishment, which in practice becomes a type of self-hatred.
  April 26, 2014 - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal