“THOSE whom the world calls heroes, are they who, when transfixed with a sword of pain, voluntarily accepted the pain with its sword. Those whom the Church calls saints, are they who accepted all pains, those of the spirit as well as those of the flesh. The saints are those who, when besieged by avarice, laid aside all the treasures of the world; who, when solicited by gluttony, remained sober; who, when burned by lust, holily accepted the combat, and were chaste; who, when entering on the battle, were assailed by filthy thoughts, and remained pure; who rose so high by humility that they conquered pride; who, when saddened by another’s prosperity, made such an effort, as to convert their base sadness into holy joy; who flung to earth the ambition which raised them to the stars; who changed their idleness into diligence; who, when weighed down by sadness, gave a bill of divorce to their sadness, and rose by a generous effort to spiritual joy; who, when enamoured of themselves, renounced their self-love for love of others, and with heroic abnegation offered their life for them in perfect holocaust.”
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