times to suffer want of something; to imitate in something the poverty of my Redeemer, v. Endeavouring to serve Him, not in order that He may give me temporal goods, but because He is worthy to be served, with a hope that He will give me goods everlasting. Amen.
MEDITATION XXII.
ON ANGER AND IMPATIENCE.
POINT I.
1. Anger is an inordinate appetite of revenging injuries, and an inordinate inflaming of the heart on account of things that happen against our liking, whence proceed three sorts of sins. [1]
i. Some of thought, as the hatred of our neighbour, the determination to be revenged of him, desiring some misfortune to him, rejoicing at his mishaps, sorrowing for his good fortune, and taking delight in revenge.
ii. Some sins are of the tongue; to wit, vindictive and injurious words in presence, or murmuring in absence, maledictions, high and harsh words indicating choler, contention and perverseness in order to maintain one's own opinion, and the like.
iii. Other sins there are of deed, contrary to the fifth commandment; as to kill, to strike, or evilly to treat our neighbour against reason and justice, or to do some act only for the sake of revenging an injury, or to require this revenge of the judges not for love of justice but out of rancour and hatred, not to pardon him who has done the injury when he asks pardon, but giving exterior demonstra-
- ↑ S. Th. 2, 2, q. chriii., et 1, 2, q. xhiii.
