Yes, 155 push-ups would be a little high for me.
I think the most penance I ever got, was 20 our fathers. I thought that was a little steep, but I was just telling the priest all my mortal sins. I think I committed 10 mortal sins every hour. I figured, that among Catholics, there are those who committed lots of mortal sins, and those who lied about it.
The priest told me not to die with all those mortal sins on my soul. Little did know, EVERY sin is a mortal sin, and has ETERNAL implications. I don't know why some people have such a difficult time understanding that simple concept.
Then you never had to go through Hell Week at a tough college fraternity. A couple of years after it, I did NCO School with West Point Cadets as Tactical Officers chewing you out, standing on my head.
Here's the scenario at Hell Week:
Pledge Candidate doing pushups, while singing: "The Saltine Warrior is a bold bad man, and his weapon is a pigskin ball . . ."
Brother, counting: "One thousand one, one thousand two, one thousand three . . ."
You see?
The priest told me not to die with all those mortal sins on my soul. Little did know, EVERY sin is a mortal sin, and has ETERNAL implications.
Piece of cake. Earn your way to Heaven under the RCC? Whipped cream with cinnamon all the way . . .
True, right?