Patience
“One Blessed be God in the time of adversity is worth more than a thousand I thank you in the time of prosperity.”—St. John of Avila.
SEVENTH DAY
It was asked of the Blessed Angela of Foligno how she could suffer with such joy. She replied: “ Believe me, we do not know the price of sufferings; if we knew their value, sufferings would be for us an object of strife, each trying to rob the other of occasions to suffer.”
Prayer.
I acknowledge, my God, nothing is more precious than the cross. Nothing is more beneficial than to suffer with resignation, with love, in union with Jesus Christ. I love the cross;—why should I not love it? Grant me the desire to suffer, and to suffer with joy.