Monday, March 5, 2012

Imitation of Christ

Gloriari in tribulationibus non est grave amanti, Sic enim gloriari est in cruce Domini gloriari. Brevis gloria quæ ab hominibus datur et accipitur. Mundi gloriam semper comitatur tristitia. Bonorum gloria in conscientiis eorum, et non in ore hominum. Justorum lætitia de Deo et in Deo est, et gaudium eorum de veritate. Qui veram et æternam gloriam desiderat, temporalem non curat. Et qui temporalem quærit gloriam, aut non ex animo contemnit, minus amare convincitur cælestem. Magnam habet cordis tranquillitatem, qui nec laudes curat, nec vituperia. 

To glory in tribulation is not grievous to him who loves; for such glorying is glorying in the Cross of Christ. Brief is the glory which is given and received of men. Sadness always goes hand in hand with the glory of the world. The glory of the good is in their conscience, and not in the report of men. The joy of the upright is from God and in God, and their joy is in the truth. He who desires true and eternal glory cares not for that which is temporal; and he who seeks temporal glory, or who despises it from his heart, is proved to bear little love for that which is heavenly. He who cares for neither praises nor reproaches has great tranquility of heart.

Imitation of Christ, II, 6:2

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