Do you punish yourself or take the cross like Jesus did in this lenten season?

Hello, I would like to know your name. I don't think we should punish ourselves by doing something idiotic. The only and the most severe punishment a man can get is the repentance itself. What is hell? It is a heart filled with remorse and repentance. Heaven is the blissful state of mind where you feel connected with divinity. A penitent heart is punishment enough. It entirely cleanses our soul from all sins. Mere physical punishments or torturing our body is a sin in itself. If our repentance and surrender to God is sincere enough, this alone has the strength to free our soul from all burdens. God bless you

there are lots of ways to follow what Jesus did to be saved but not to carry the cross and hurt ourselves. Jesus did his own works as it was written and it should be done. but not to do exactly the same as he did. just by being a good person and a christian is enough. and more, you will just want to tell Jesus works was not enough if you carry the cross and hurt yourself?

Who on earth could equal the type of perseverance Jesus exhibited in his time. Praise the Lord.

Jesus did not instruct us to do such kind of thing. Those are just human traditions installed by the Roman Catholic. And maybe some people do that at their own will. For Catholic Christians, you are free to do so. But for us, protestants, we are also free not to do so.

No i dont. But i want to try and observe sometime. I mean i know the said rules of catholics about the lenten season its just that in our family we dont have much choice at all, what we have on the table is what we eat. If we cant afford to buy fish or vegetables then we just go for easy open canned goods or even buy fast food already. And about the part where in other guys hurt themselves as their way of repenting for their sins, i dont believe in that manner of repenting at all ;)