Patience
One ounce of a cross is worth more than a million pounds of prayers. To be crucified during one day is of more value than performing pious exercises for a hundred years. It is more meritorious to be for one moment on the cross than to taste the delights of paradise.— Venerable Bister Victoria Angelini.
EIGHTH DAY.
St. Francis, during a severe illness, endured the most terrible sufferings. He was entreated by one of his religious to beg Our Lord to lighten his afflictions. The saint reproved him, and said: “Lord, I return thanks for that which I suffer. I beg of Thee to increase rather than diminish my pain.” 82 April.
Prayer.
I promise Thee, my God, to pray often, during suffering, in these words: “My God, I thank Thee for sending me this. I suffer only for my good, for my salvation. Thou hast placed me on the road to heaven: grant that my gratitude may be in proportion to my sufferings. Spare me not in time, that I may meet with mercy in eternity.