Lamentation of Christ, Giotto

“THE wealth of God is not given to the soul all at once. It is to be increased as a reward for the soul’s own efforts, sustained by the supernatural aid of the Almighty. Growth in grace is growth in true greatness. To do and endure after the manner of Jesus, steadily refusing to part with the divine treasure, under the menaces of hardship or the allurements of pleasure, is the active way of promoting this growth.”

— Fr. Edward Leen (1885-1944), Why the Cross? (Sheed and Ward, 1938)

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