If he comes out with a knotted cudgel, grabs us by the cowl, flings us on the ground, rolls us about in the snow, and beats us joint by joint with that cudgel; if we took all this punishment patiently and with good cheer, thinking of it as the sufferings of Christ the blest which we ought to bear for his love: oh, Brother Leo, write down that therein is perfect joy.
Perfect Joy and the Suffering of Christ
If he comes out with a knotted cudgel, grabs us by the cowl, flings us on the ground, rolls us about in the snow, and beats us joint by joint with that cudgel; if we took all this punishment patiently and with good cheer, thinking of it as the sufferings of Christ the blest which we ought to bear for his love: oh, Brother Leo, write down that therein is perfect joy.