When a man is not troubled it is not hard for him to be fervent and devout, but if he bears up patiently in time of adversity, there is hope for great progress.
— Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Jesus Christ endured for us…
There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
–Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582)
Unless you turn to God…
Wherever you are and wherever you go, you are miserable unless you turn to God. So why be dismayed when things do not happen as you wish and desire? No – neither I, nor you,nor anyone else on earth. There is no one in the world, be they Pope or Monarch, who does not suffer trial and anguish.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
In the face of trial…
If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a time in this world, and forever in the next.
— Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
No efforts or…
No efforts or expenses seem too great to purchase our escape from the afflictions which God sends us; and yet they are even more beneficial and more meritorious than voluntary penances. For God knows better than we in what regards and by what means our soul has need for being purified and regenerated.
–Saint Angela of Foligno (1248-1309)
The crosses with…
The crosses with which our path through life is strewn associate us with Jesus in the mystery of His crucifixion.
— Saint John Eudes (1601-1689)
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