Gregory the Great: The wounded soul’s desires after God

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... But when the wounded mind begins to pant for God, when she despises all that is attractive in this world and thereby stretches to her homeland above through desire, whatever she used to consider pleasing and attractive in the world is straightaway turned into source of temptation for her. For those who had a fond affection for her when she was a sinner cruelly assault her when she lives uprightly.

And the soul that is upright in God endures attacks from her very own flesh in which she formerly grovelled with delight, enslaved to her vices. Previous pleasures return to the memory and afflict the mind with an oppressive struggle as it opposes them. But by being exhausted in toil that is transitory, we are freed from sorrow that is everlasting. ...

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