Lord,
you use sorrow to teach,
and wound us to heal,
and kill us lest we die to you.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

Suffer patiently for a while,
your winter will soon be over
and the spring that succeeds will blossom eternally.

 
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, 19th century

Even chastisements come to us, not to crush us,
but to make us mend our ways and save our souls.

 
St. Alphonsus Liguori, 18th century

It was necessary that the Son, in whom we all are,
should feel separated from the Father.
He had to experience being forsaken by God,
so that we might never be forsaken again.

 
Chiara Lubich; foundress, Focolare; 20th century

Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth;
they make us look higher than this world.

 
St. Therese of Lisieux, 20th century

We don't walk to God with the feet of our body,
nor with wings;
but we go to him by the afflictions of our soul.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

When suffering comes from God, he alone can cure it,
and he often leaves us with physical illness
in order to cure our spiritual illness.
Find consolation in the sovereign doctor
of body and soul.

 
Br. Lawrence of the Resurrection, 17th century

The time will come
when there shall be no more mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow.

 
Bl. Columba Marmion, 20th century