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To return to God is to return to Christ, and to Him crucified.

God is the first Author of our holiness, the source of our perfection, but we must labor at removing the obstacles that hinder His action in us; we must renounce sin, and the tendencies that give rise to it; we must free ourselves from created things in as far as they prevent us going to God. One who will not submit himself to this law of mortification, who seeks his ease and comfort, who is anxious to escape suffering and does all he can to avoid the cross, who puts no constraint upon himself... will never arrive at intimate union with Christ Jesus.

Dom Marmion; Christ, the Ideal of the Monk, p. 189

Colorado color palette

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Quid ergo incongruum si Petrus post hoc peccatum factus est Pastor Ecclesiae, sicut Moyses post percussum aegyptium factus est rector Synagogae? Therefore how incongruous is it that Peter, after this sin, was made the Pastor of the Church, like Moses was made the leader of the Synagogue after having struck the Egyptian?

St. Augustine, Contra Faustum

A River Runs Through It (by posthumus_cake (www.pinnaclephotography.net))

Ways to Acquire Patience

Consider:

The patience of God tolerating sinners,

the patience of Christ dying for us,

the patience of the saints,

the fruits of patience in either life: satisfying for sin in this life and attaining glory in the next life,

that the redeem one from the paints of hell and pugatory,

the evil of impatience: it loses the merit of patience, and does not make the difficulties we suffer any better; if anything, impatience makes our difficulties worse.

autumn walks 🍁🎃☕️🍂

Autumn in the Fichtel Mountains 🍂

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Zillertal Alps, Italy | by Eberhard Grossgasteiger

Nurse boulder..?

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

Autumn tunnel vision

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Autumn cover

Reading timeless

The First Day of Autumn

Every actual sin turns the soul in the direction of evil. Even after forgiveness, there remains a tendency, an inclination, latent for the moment, but real, which, engrafted upon our native concupiscence, finds the first opportunity of producing fruit. It is for mortification to uproot these vicious tendencies, to counteract these habits, to annihilate this attachment to sin. Mortification pursues sin inasmuch as sin is an obstacle between the soul and God; therefore mortification must continue until these perverse tendencies of our nature are mastered; otherwise, these tendencies will end by dominating, by being the source of numerous faults which will compromise… our union with God and the life of charity in us.

Dom Marmion; Christ, the Life of the Monk, p. 175

"Gentle autumn moments..."