Just for Today, December 17

A true lover of Christ and a diligent pursuer of virtue does not hunt after comforts, nor seek sensible sweet­nesses, but is rather willing to bear strong trials and hard labours for Christ.
- Bk. II, ch. ix.

God would have thee learn to suffer tribulation with­out comfort.
- Ibid., ch. xii
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I find happiness only in suffering without consolation. It would, however, be seeking your own satisfaction if you wanted to feel this happiness or a real taste for suf­fering, for when we like anything we no longer suffer. We must be prepared to suffer without feeling the cour­age to do so. If Jesus was sorrowful when He suffered, there can be no suffering without sorrow. We deceive ourselves if we hope to suffer nobly and gracefully.
- Letters
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For a List of Abbreviations, see this post.
Adapted from Just For Today(©1943 Burns & Oates)
Nihil Obstat: Reginaldus Phillips, S.T.L.,Censor deputatus
Imprimatur: Edwardus Myers, Vic. Cap.