Having suffered…
When it is all over you will not regret having suffered; rather you will regret having suffered so little, and suffered that little so badly.
–Saint Sebastian Valfre (c. 1629-1710)
The more we suffer…
God treasures above all the union of our wills with His. When I consider all this… I find so many advantages to affliction, that I can’t help but admitting that the more we suffer, the more we are favored by God.
–Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)
Be patient under suffering…
Be patient under all the sufferings which God is pleased to send you: if your love to Him be pure, you will not seek him less on Calvary, than on Tabor; and, surely, He should be as much loved on that as on this, since it was on Calvary He made the greater display of His love for you.
–Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717)
If suffering makes…
If suffering makes you sad, it will be impossible for you to love Jesus, because it is by patience, accepting suffering and sadness, that you prove your love for Jesus.
–Marcel Nguyen Tan Van (1928-1959)
We must suffer…
Whether we will or no, we must suffer. There are some who suffer like the good thief, and others like the bad thief.
— Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Suffering: a pain and joy…
There is nothing more painful than suffering, and nothing more joyful than to have suffered. Suffering is a short pain and a long joy. Suffering gives to the sufferer pain here and joy hereafter.
–Blessed Henry Suso (c. 1295–1366)
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