“He who wants to win the world for Christ must have the courage to come in conflict with it.” Quote by Titus Brandsma
“If there be a true way that leads to the Everlasting Kingdom, it is most certainly that of suffering, patiently endured.” IfsWaySufferingKingdomsEverlasting Author:Saint Colette
“Woe to me if I should prove myself but a halfhearted soldier in the service of my thorn-crowned Captain.” IfsShouldSufferingProveSoldierCaptainsWoeProve Myself Author:Fidelis of Sigmaringen
“Suffering borne in the will quietly and patiently is a continual, very powerful prayer before God.” SufferingPrayerPowerfulVery PowerfulPowerful Prayer Author:Jane Frances de Chantal
“To harbor no envy, no anger, no resentment against an offender is still not to have charity for him. It is possible, without any charity, to avoid rendering evil for evil. But to render, spontaneously, good for evil - such belongs to a perfect spiritual love.” StillsSpiritualSufferingEvilReligiousPerfectKindnessAngerCharitySaintEnvyGood And EvilResentmentTheologianHarborsRenderingOffendersSpiritual LoveNo Anger Author:Maximus the Confessor
“Can anyone receive Jesus into his heart and not die?” HeartSufferingDiesJesus Author:Imelda Lambertini
“No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote.” ThinkingWarMatterFightingNextCourageOne ThingProtectVoteBraveryNo Matter WhatAgreeBraveSoldierIraqNext DayIraq WarRight To VoteSaluteBravery And CourageAmerican Soldier Author:Hillary Clinton
“Can you expect to go to heaven for nothing? Did not our Savior track the whole way to it with His tears and blood? And yet you stop at every little pain.” WayLittlesWholePainSufferingHeavenBloodTearsTrackSavior Author:Elizabeth Ann Seton
“If I were to meet the slave-traders who kidnapped me and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands, for if that did not happen, I would not be a Christian and Religious today... The Lord has loved me so much: we must love everyone... we must be compassionate!” IfsLoveGodHandsHappensTodayChristianSufferingReligiousCompassionChristianityLordKissingCatholicSlaverySlaveSaintGod LoveTortureCompassionateTradersKidnappedLove EveryoneKneelingSlave Trade Author:Josephine Bakhita
“When shall it be that we shall taste the sweetness of the Divine Will in all that happens to us, considering in everything only His good pleasure, by whom it is certain that adversity is sent with as much love as prosperity, and as much for our good? When shall we cast ourselves undeservedly into the arms of our most loving Father in Heaven, leaving to Him the care of ourselves and of our affairs, and reserving only the desire of pleasing Him, and of serving Him well in all that we can?” WellsHappensCareDesireCertainSufferingFatherHeavenPleasureDivineArmsTasteAdversityLeavingAffairCastsProsperityServingConsideringSweetnessMuch LoveFather In HeavenDivine Will Author:Jane Frances de Chantal
“Know for a certainty that if men understood how terrible is even one solitary sin, they would rather be cast into a heated furnace, and there remain, living both in soul and body, than to support such a sight. And if the sea were all fire they would cast themselves therein and never leave it, if they were certain of meeting the sin on doing so.” IfsKnowsMenSoulBodyCertainSufferingSinSupportFireSeaTerribleUnderstoodSightMeetingsCastsCertaintySolitaryFurnacesSoul And Body Author:Catherine of Genoa