35 The fourth step of humility is that a monk in this obedience should embrace suffering quietly and consciously when things are hard or go against him, or even when unjust things, whatever they may be, are inflicted on him. 36 Also, being steadfast, he should not grow weary or depart, as Scripture says:
The one who has persevered to the very end will be saved. (Matt 10:22)
37 And also:
Let your heart take comfort
and wait for the Lord. (Ps 27:14)
38 Showing how the faithful ought to bear all adversity for the sake of the Lord, the Apostle says in the name of those who suffer:
On account of you, we suffer death all day long; we are regarded as sheep for the slaughter. (Rom 8:36; Ps 44:22)
39 And, confident in the hope of divine reward, they follow, rejoicing and saying:
But in all these things we triumph because of him who has loved us. (Rom 8:37)
40 And also, in another place Scripture says:
You have tested us, O Lord,
you have tried us by fire,
as silver is tried by fire;
you have led us into a snare
and laid heavy burdens on our back. (Ps 66:10-11)
41 And to show that we ought to be under a superior, it goes on to say:
You have set people over our heads. (Ps 66:12)
42 However, through patience they fulfill the Lord’s teaching in hardships and in unjust treatment:
When struck on one cheek, they offer the other; when stripped of their mantle, they give up their tunic; when drafted to go one mile, they go two. (Matt 5:39-41)
43 With Paul the Apostle, they bear with false brothers, and they bear with persecution, and they bless those who curse them (2 Cor 11:26; 1 Cor 4:12).
