Christ died for love of us: let us suffer for love of Him. He carried His cross: let us help Him to bear it. He was dishonored, therefore renounce honor: He suffered torments, let them come to me. He lived [lacking] many necessities, let me go destitute. Jesus made Himself a stranger for me, let me have nothing in which my heart can rest. He died for me; may my life be a continual death for the love of Him. Therefore, care less for temporal things and attend instead to those which are more important. Withdraw your heart from the world before God takes your body from it: keep your mind in perfect peace however much it is occupied in business.
–Saint John of Avila (1500 – 1569)
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