The path of suffering…
I would always choose the path of suffering, if only to imitate Our Lord Jesus Christ, if there were no other gain.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
To suffer willingly…
The road is narrow. He who wishes to travel it more easily must cast off all things and use the cross as his cane. In other words, he must be truly resolved to suffer willingly for the love of God in all things.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Bear the Cross of the Lord…
O you souls who wish to go on with so much safety and consolation, if you knew how pleasing to God is suffering, and how much it helps in acquiring other good things, you would never seek consolation in anything; but you would rather look upon it as a great happiness to bear the Cross of the Lord.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Grace is to help…
What grace is meant to do is to help good people, not to escape their sufferings, but to bear them with a stout heart, with a fortitude that finds its strength in faith.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
A Christian is…
A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Saintly words…
Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
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