Devotion Over Discipline

Fresco in the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella showing Saint Dominic with a discipline in his hand, kneeling before a crucifix. In the gym, some treat the barbell as a whip while their eyes are fixed on an icon looking down on them from behind a glass screen rather than plaster. The words we use matter. When we speak, we tell others who we are. Words communicate our perception of the world and…