PERFECTION consists in conforming ourselves to the will of God in those things which are disagreeable to us. The Ven. Father Avila says, " It is of more use to say once, 'Blessed be God,' in any contradiction, than to thank him six thousand times when we are pleased."
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From Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every Day
Compiled by Rev. C. McNeiry, C.SS.R.
Imprimatur: Joseph Hull, C.SS.R., Prov. Angl. Sup.
Nihil Obstat: Innocentlus Apap, O.P., S.T.M., Censor Deptutatus.
Imprimatur: Edm. Can. Surmont, Vicarius Generalis.
Westmonasterii, Die 9a Junii, 1927.
First published 1927
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