Crosses, contempt and…
Crosses, contempt, sorrows and afflictions are the real treasures of the lovers of Jesus Christ crucified.
–Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690)
Shaken by the…
Look upon yourself as a tree planted beside the water, which bears its fruit in due season; the more it is shaken by the wind, the deeper it strikes its roots into the ground.
–Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647- 1690)
Tribulation will…
You are gold or iron: if gold, tribulation will purify you; if iron, it will rust you.
–Saint Joseph of Cupertino (1603-1663)
Time of affliction…
You can advance farther in grace in one hour during this time of affliction than in many days during a time of consolation.
–Saint John Eudes (1601-1689)
In sickness we…
In sickness we ought to ask God to give us patience, because it often happens, that when a man gets well, he not only does not do the good he proposed to do when he was sick, but he multiplies his sins and his ingratitude.
— Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
Gain by trials…
We gain more in a single day by trials that come to us from God and our neighbor than we would in ten years of penance and other exercises that we take up ourselves.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
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