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.
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