Most numeraries use the cilice for around an hour a day as an act of penance.
And there's a long history of the use of the cilice.
As well as using the cilice, some choose to whip themselves with a device made of knotted cord.
But the site goes on to note, "Within this spirit, numeraries and associates (celibate members) sometimes practice traditional Catholic penances such as using the
cilice and discipline.
The daily workout I do at the gym is far more uncomfortable than the
cilice," he says, also mentioning that Mother Teresa used a
cilice.
on the
cilice 376, associated with Thomas d' Angleterre).
The
cilices are worn two hours a day and apparently they come in single or triple row spikes.
Similarly, a devotional treatise circulated in the colony, advocated the practice of rituals such as "fasts, disciplining, [wearing of]
cilices, [and] praying with arms outstretched in the form of a cross (rezar en cruz)" (Larkin, p.
Estas escenas se ven representadas en
cilices, ritones, crateras y picheles.
