As a high school student I was assigned Dante’s Inferno.  Well, selections from, although being an overachiever I did read the whole thing.  Unfortunately, this is no way to go about doing things, although in hindsight I oughtn’t be surprised that our glorious public education system prefers to teach children about Satan, or to dwell on sin without repentance or redemption.

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Pictured: Divine Retribution.  Not Pictured: Divine Mercy.