Catholic Classics Day 15: Patience and External Humility (Introduction to the Devout Life)
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Patience As Possessing Your Soul
- Patience is essential to possess your soul and cooperate with God's saving work through suffering and affliction.
- St. Francis de Sales urges enduring injuries, contradictions, and trials meekly and without curating only honorable tribulations.
Take Remedies Then Yield To God's Will
- Use lawful remedies for evils, then resign patiently to God's will whether the remedy succeeds or not.
- If justly accused, meekly confess; if falsely accused, defend calmly then accept continued blame for humility's sake.
Silence Distinguishes True Patience
- True patience avoids complaining and seeking pity while speaking truthfully about suffering for peace and humility.
- St. Francis contrasts boastful staged patience (wanting others to pity you) with genuine silent endurance.