Be patient because…
Be patient, because the weaknesses of the body are given to us in this world by God for the salvation of the soul. So they are of great merit when they are borne patiently.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
Rejoice when we fall…
We must rejoice when we would fall into various trials and endure every sort of anguish of soul and body or ordeals in this world for the sake of eternal life.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
Reparation for our past faults and sins
Trials and tribulations offer us a chance to make reparation for our past faults and sins. On such occasions the Lord comes to us like a physician to heal the wounds left by our sins. Tribulation is the divine medicine.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Trials and affliction…
I pray God may open your eyes and let you see what hidden treasures he bestows on us in the trials from which the world thinks only to flee. Shame turns into honor when we seek God’s glory. Present affliction become the source of heavenly glory. To those who suffer wounds in fighting his battles God opens his arms in loving, tender friendship.
–Saint John of Avila (1500-1569)
Fight courageously…
And of what should we be afraid? Our captain on this battlefield is Christ Jesus. We have discovered what we have to do. Christ has bound our enemies for us and weakened them that they cannot overcome us unless we so choose to let them. So we must fight courageously and mark ourselves with the sign of the most Holy Cross.
— Saint Catherine of Sienna (1347-1380)
Afflictions and suffering….
In afflictions and sufferings, endurance and faith, are concealed the promised glory and the recovery of celestial blessings.
–Saint Macarius the Great (c. 300-391)
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