“I don't know about being a Catholic anymore, though I had a great romance with the Church. But its male hierarchy causes me pain and distress. So I can't really pay too much attention. When that encyclical from the Pope - the one about contraception - began 'Dear Sons and Brothers' I figured it must be private mail and had nothing to do with me. So I didn't read it.” KnowsI CanPainRomanceReligionCausesChurchPayAttentionToo MuchSonBrotherCatholicMalesDearMailDistressPopeHierarchyContraceptionGreat Romance Author:Joan Hackett
“I was brought up Catholic and we show my mom, my mother, my sister and then I take pains to explain on camera, that there were years after that where I wasn't really religious. I certainly wasn't a Catholic anymore, but I still lived with some mythical man in my head. I didn't really put a name to a face, but I just knew that if I was in trouble or scared I would go, 'Oh God, please help me get out of this one.'” IfsMenYearsStillsHelpingShowsPainFacesMotherNamesReligiousTroubleMomPleaseCamerasCatholicScaredMy MomHelp MeMy Sister Author:Bill Maher
“I was a Catholic boy, redeemed through pain, not through joy.” PainJoyBoysCatholicRedeemed Author:Jim Carroll
“Pain is never permanent.” PainSpiritualSufferingHealingHumilityCatholicDivorcePermanentLost LoveBeing AloneSingleBeing SingleTime HealsLong SufferingPain Is TemporaryTime Heals All Wounds Author:Teresa of Avila
“The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.” PeopleBelieveRealProblemPainSufferingCatholicHumbleBe HumblePiousReal Problems Author:C. S. Lewis
“Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it.” ShouldWarPainHumanityStageStandingShould HaveCatholicTablesAbsurdPhenomenonUnfairNegotiationNegotiating Author:Pope John Paul II
“Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment.” PainReligionCatholicPainfulPunishmentCatholicismSoothingGlutton For Punishment Author:Madonna Ciccone
“Writers write about what obsesses them. You draw those cards. I lost my mother when I was 14. My daughter died at the age of 6. I lost my faith as a Catholic. When I'm writing, the darkness is always there. I go where the pain is.” WritingAgePainMotherLostDarknessDrawsDaughterDiedCatholicCardsMy Daughter Author:Anne Rice
“A Catholic is raised with the idea that he will die any minute now and if he doesn't live his life in a certain way, this death is an introduction to an eternity of pain.” IfsWayIdeasPainCertainDiesLiteratureMinutesEternityCatholicRaisedIntroduction Book:Conversations with Don DeLillo Source: Conversations with Don DeLillo
“For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.” LoveGodChristianPainJoyForeverCatholicEndureSaintChristian InspirationalGod LoveGood GodJoy And Pain Author:Therese of Lisieux
“You've got to be centered on Christ. It's a work of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit forms Jesus within us. No cross? No crown. No pain? No gain. No way around it - if there was a shortcut, I'd know it and I'd tell ya.” IfsKnowsWayChristianPainFormSpiritJesusChristReligiousHolyGainsCrossesCatholicHoly SpiritCrownsShortcutsClergymenNo PainCenteringNo Pain No Gain Author:John Corapi
“The sickness of a family member, friend or neighbor is a call to Christians to demonstrate true compassion, that gentle and persevering sharing in another's pain.” ChristianPainCompassionMembersCatholicNeighborGentleSicknessFamily Members Author:Pope John Paul II
“Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples.” PeopleWarPainSufferingPeaceCryFutureRacismRespectCatholicJewEncountersGenocideHolocaustImmenseNaziBishopsPleadingAuschwitzExterminationLong Suffering Author:Pope Francis