What I Am You Will Be | Memento Mori | Remembrance of Death | Mt Athos Monk Skull | Ascetic Ethos | Christian Jean JacketOur mind is so darkened by the fall that unless we force ourselves to remember death we can completely forget about it. When we forget about death, then we begin to live on earth as if were were immortal, and we sacrifice all our activity to the world without concerning ourselves in the least either about the fearful transition to eternity or about our fate in eternity. Then we boldly and peremptorily override the commandments of Christ; then we

so that you may be mature and complete

What will God's decision be at the conclusion of the trial

Your Commandment is the highest law of my whole being: both temporary and eternal

day and night prostrating ourselves before God in order that we sinners may be saved

because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ: whom He raised not up

to the Cross

we can separate our lives from the customary things of this world

but we ourselves

' he alludes to Baptism and in the words 'nevertheless I live

What if I don’t want to pray more

nevertheless

‘Look to the West’