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+title = The Importance of Mortification
+description = Despite it's enormous benefits to the soul, discipline, and resilience of the faithful, mortification is a practice that has been downplayed recently. It is important that we revive this religious practice and promote it.
+created = 2021-02-11
+updated = 2021-02-11
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+<blockquote>
+	"The way of perfection passes by way of the Cross. There is no
+	holiness without renunciation and spiritual battle. Spiritual
+	progress entails the ascesis and mortification that gradually lead
+	to living in the peace and joy of the Beatitudes."
+	- <i>Catechism of the Catholic Church</i> § 2015
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>Perhaps one of the most undervalued of Christian practices today is
+that of Mortification. This is the voluntary endurance of discomfort,
+inconvenience, or privation of certain goods (e.g. fasting) so as to
+<i>die</i> to the temptations of the flesh and, with a stronger will, be
+able to better accept God's Grace and reject the devil's temptations to
+sin.</p>
+
+<p>This all appears to be something very vague, especially for those who
+aren't religious or are not accustomed to Catholic terminology. What's
+more, the very term <i>Mortification</i> may appear rather intimidating
+to some seeing that it derives from the Latin word <i>mortificatio</i>,
+meaning "death". And in a sense, there is <i>death</i> involved in an
+act of Mortification, but it is a death to the <i>ego</i>.</p>
+
+<p>So firstly, let's make concrete what are acts of Mortification. These
+would be acts of enduring some sort of inconvenience, mentally or
+physically. These usually take the form of abstinence of some sort from
+something that is not necessarily bad for oneself, but that one may feel
+a certain bodily or mental craving for. As such, one rejects their body
+or mind's desires so as to pursue something of greater value. An example
+of a Mortification of the Flesh (bodily) would be fasting, whereby one
+abstains from eating for a time. The body will desire food, and
+throughout the period of fasting, one's resolve to complete the period
+of fasting may be weakened by temptations throughout the day. But
+through an act of the will, choosing God's Grace over one's selfish
+desires provoked by the satan, one may persevere. For Mortification of
+the Mind, this typically involves mental discipline of doing things we
+do not want to do. For many, this may be an abstinence from social
+media, an extra hour of studying, finishing that one thing you've had on
+your to-do list for ages but have never gotten around to doing, etc.</p>
+
+<p>As for the spiritual fruits, if it was not already obvious, we gain
+discipline and willpower, both things that are of absolute importance in
+the Good Fight of the Faith that we battle every day. The question of
+resisting the evil one's temptations to sin is one of choosing God's
+Grace over our own selfish desires. Is this not the same will power we
+train while practicing Mortification? It becomes much easier to say no
+to the adversary's temptations if we practice; and what better to
+practice with than abstinence from something that is not sinful in and
+of itself? If one decides to practice Mortification through fasting, one
+learns to resist his temptations to eat throughout the day, yet if he
+fails, he has not fallen into sin as it was simply practice.
+Mortification is therefore our means of sharpening our swords to fight
+off the demons we encounter in our lives, showing them neither mercy nor
+compassion; choosing always Good over Evil, God over the satan, the Good
+Fight over effeminacy.</p>
+
+<p>I bring this up now because, as any good Catholic will know, the
+liturgical season of Lent is nearly upon us. During the forty days of
+Lent we commemorate the forty days which Jesus Christ spent in the
+desert fasting, suffering the temptations of the evil one. We are
+called, during this season, to follow in the example of our Lord and
+practice some kind of Mortification. There are the obligatory fasts on
+Ash Wednesday (on February 17<sup>th</sup>) and Good Friday (on April
+2<sup>nd</sup>), as well as an abstinence from eating meat on Fridays
+during the Lenten season (this custom may vary depending on your
+location and rite); but we are also called to observe some other form of
+Mortification to help us in our struggle towards sainthood. So hopefully
+this article helps you, my dear reader, to both understand the
+importance of Mortification as well as to choose a Mortification for
+this Lenten season.</p>
+
+<p>God bless you.</p>