Take
no notice of what is said to you; shut your ears to all murmurings; stumble and
fall with your Bridegroom, but do not draw back from the cross nor abandon it.
Often
recall His weariness and how much harder His labours were than your own,
however great you may fancy these to be and whatever pain they cause you.
What
must have been the sufferings of the glorious Virgin and the Magdalene! What
threats, what evil words, what insolence, what shocks!
Do
not imagine that you would have endured these heavy trials if you cannot bear
the light ones you meet with now: practise patience with these, and you may
receive greater crosses later on.
The Way of Perfection
1935; 26:5,6,7
