Suffering

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  Word of God  
 
Be patient in suffering.
Romans 12:12
 


Let us understand that God is a Physician
and that suffering is a medicine for salvation,
not a punishment for damnation.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
This slight momentary affliction
is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory.
2 Corinthians 4:17
 


Everything that is suffered in love, is healed again.

 
St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Remain in my love
Jesus; John 15:9
 


The heavier the burden is,
the lighter it becomes when borne for Christ.

 
St. John of the Cross, 16th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
At night there are tears,
but joy comes with the morning.
Psalm 30:5
 


Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

 
St. Thomas More, 16th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Far be it from me to glory
except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Galatians 6:14
 


If you join Christ in suffering, you will join him in glory.

 
'The Imitation of Christ'; Thomas a Kempis,15th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
I can do all things in him
who strengthens me.
1 Philippians 4:13
 


What we ourselves cannot bear,
let us bear with the help of Christ.

 
St. Boniface, 8th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
In him, we live and move
and have our being.
Acts of the Apostles 17:28
 


No one’s life, no one’s suffering
is lost in the sight of God.

 
Servant of God, Walter Ciszek, 20th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Be patient in trial.
Romans 12:12
 


If there be a true way
that leads to the everlasting Kingdom,
it is that of suffering, patiently endured.

 
St. Colette, 15th century

 

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