worldly pleasures

The friar gives himself to reflection, and does not care a florin for worldly pleasures.

This is traditionally done through a reflection on Christ’s life, prayer, abstinence from worldly pleasures and the repentance of sin.

In the comics, he teamed up with various heroes to take down his genocidal brother and joined the Avengers for a time, but he tends to be invested in more worldly pleasures.

They were early conversation pieces — intended to prompt reflections on the vanity and transience of worldly pleasures.

Pilgrims enter into a state of spiritual purity known as “ihram” that is aimed at shedding symbols of materialism, giving up worldly pleasures and focusing on the inner self over outward appearance.