mortify

By this time tomorrow, his leg will be starting to mortify.
Dès demain, sa jambe commencera à gangrener.
There is a time for us to mortify our flesh.
Il y a un temps pour mortifier notre chair.
True, they had to mortify their flesh in order to do so.
Pour cela, il est vrai, ils se mortifiaient.
And to pray and to mortify oneself is also to take care of others and to forget oneself.
Et prier, et se mortifier, c'est aussi s'occuper des autres et s'oublier soi-même.
It is more palatable to human nature to do penance than to renounce sin; it is easier to mortify the flesh by sackcloth and nettles and galling chains than to crucify fleshly lusts.
La nature humaine préfère subir une pénitence plutôt que d'abandonner le péché ; il est plus facile de mortifier sa chair par le cilice et les chardons que de crucifier ses passions.
It is more palatable to human nature to do penance than to renounce sin; it is easier to mortify the flesh by sackcloth and nettles and galling chains than to crucify fleshly lusts.
La nature humaine préfère subir une pénitence plutôt que d’abandonner le péché ; il est plus facile de mortifier sa chair par le cilice et les chardons que de crucifier ses passions.
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