bed, then I wish it, because it is Thy will, and I will imitate St. Francis of Assisi, who, as Nebridius writes, when he was attacked by a grievous illness, threw down his suffering limbs on the ground, and kissing the earth humbly, said: Eternal thanks to Thee, O God, for all the pains Thou hast sent me! Increase them a hundred-fold, if such is Thy will; there is nothing more agreeable to me than pains and sickness which come from Thy holy will! For the fulfilment of that will causes me ineffable joy.[1] So will I think and say in all circumstances: all that Thou ordainest and commandest for me and mine, both now and in the future, is and shall be agreeable to me, because it is Thy will; therewith I shall be always satisfied; Thy holy will be done! Amen.
Another introduction to the same sermon for the third Sunday of Advent.
Text.
Tu quis es?—John i. 19.
“Who art thou?”
Introduction.
What the Jews said in to-day’s Gospel to St. John, “Who art thou?” that I say again with the apostle, “O man, who art thou” etc. Continues as before.
TWENTY-FIFTH SERMON.
ON THE SECOND REASON FOR THE GENERAL JUDGMENT.
Subject.
There must be a day of general judgment, that God may publicly, before heaven and earth, justify and defend His chosen servants.—Preached on the eleventh Sunday after Pentecost.
Text.
Bene omnia fecit.—Mark vii. 37.
“He hath done all things well.”
- ↑ Quoniam impletio voluntatis tuæ ineffabile meum gaudlum est!—Nebrid. Antiq. Monast. Ep. 37.
