"We Conquer as He Conquered"

"By the Lord's example 
the faithful were called upon to believethat—although there ought not to be any doubt about the promises of happiness—yet we should understand that amidst the trials of this life we must ask for the power of endurance...because the joyousness of reigning cannot precede the times of suffering....
"Let all people's faith then be established, according to the preaching of the most holy gospel, and let no one be ashamed of Christ's cross, through which the world was redeemed. And let not any one fear to suffer for righteousness' sake, or doubt of the fulfillment of the promises, for this reason: that through toil we pass to rest and through death to life; since all the weakness of our humility was assumed by Him, in whom, if we abide in the acknowledgment and love of Him, we conquer as He conquered, and receive what He promised."

~ Saint Leo the Great, Sermon 51