Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Suffering
Grains of wheat, when ground in the mill, turn in the flour. With this flour we can make the wafer of the holy Eucharist. Grapes, when crushed in the winepress, yield their juice. This juice turns into wine. Similarly, suffering so crushes us that we turn into better human beings.
–Saint Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception (1910-1946)
Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Suffering, Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Augustine (354-430), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Suffering
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
— Saint Augustine (354-430)
Page: Quotes, Prayer (what), Suffering
Suffering borne in the will quietly and patiently is a continual, very powerful prayer before God.
–Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)
Grace, Page: Quotes, Suffering
A seed will not grow without earth and water; and a man will not develop without voluntary suffering and divine help.
–Saint Mark the Ascetic (Fifth Century)
Page: Quotes, Suffering
If you want to serve God, prepare your heart not for food, not for drink, not for rest, not for ease, but for suffering, so that you may endure all temptations, trouble and sorrow. Prepare for severities, fasts, spiritual struggles and many afflictions, for “by many afflictions is it appointed to us to enter the Kingdom of Heaven” (Acts 14,22); “The Heavenly Kingdom is taken by force, and the who use force seize it“. (Matt 11:12)
— Saint Sergius of Radonezh (1314-1392)
