Quotes from saints | Padre Pio Ministry to the Suffering

Quotes From the Saints
to Inspire Us

This sortable, printable and searchable chart contains selected quotes from Scripture, saints and other holy men/women, including the ones found in the Hospital Ministry Booklet. The hope is that at least some of these quotes might provide inspiration and encouragement as we travel through this “valley of tears.”

Subject	Source	Quote
Suffering	St. Bruno	While the world changes, the Cross stands firm.
Rosary	St. Seraphin of Montegranaro	I resolved to recite a Rosary for anyone who caused me trouble. Then I heard the voice from the Tabernacle say, ‘Your prayers for those who mortify you, are very pleasing to Me. In exchange, I am ready to grant you many graces.'
Suffering	Romans 8:18	Our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
Suffering	St. John Vianney	A cross carried simply, and without those returns of self-love which exaggerate troubles, is no longer a cross. Peaceable suffering is no longer suffering. We complain of suffering! We should have much more reason to complain of not suffering, since nothing makes us more like Our Lord than carrying His Cross. Oh, what a beautiful union of the soul with Our Lord Jesus Christ by the love and the virtue of His Cross!
Suffering	St. Alphonsus Liguori	A soul who loves Jesus Christ desires to be treated the way Christ was treated-desires to be poor, despised, and humiliated.
Suffering	St. Albert the Great	A suffering man often imagines that he is of no account in the sight of God, but when he is unable to pray or perform good works, his sufferings and desires afford him a deeper insight into the divine than is [given] to a thousand men.
Suffering	St. Francis de Sales	All the science of the saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.
Suffering	St. John Vianney	Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
Hope	Bl. Raphael Kalnowski	Always live a life full of faith and trust, letting the Lord steer your boat and even sleep in it if He wants.
Hope	St. Elizabeth of the Trinity	Believe that [Jesus] loves you. He wants to help you Himself in the struggles which you must undergo. Believe in His Love, His exceeding Love.
Suffering	St. Gertrude the Great	Bodily and spiritual affliction are the surest sign of Divine predilection. Gratitude for suffering is a precious jewel for our heavenly crown... Man should always firmly believe that God sends just that trial which is most beneficial for him.
Suffering	2 Corinthians 12:9-10	But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Purgatory	St. Alphonsus Liguori	By assisting them we shall not only give great pleasure to God, but will acquire also great merit for ourselves. And, in return for our suffrages, these blessed souls will not neglect to obtain for us many graces from God, but particularly the grace of eternal life. I hold for certain that a soul delivered from Purgatory by the suffrages of a Christian, when she enters paradise, will not fail to say to God: ‘Lord, do not suffer to be lost that person who has liberated me from the prison of Purgatory, and has brought me to the enjoyment of Thy glory sooner than I have deserved.’ ~ St. Alphonsus di Ligouri
Suffering	St. Padre Pio	By suffering we are able to give something to God. The gift of pain, of suffering is a big thing and cannot be accomplished in Paradise.
Suffering	St. Alphonsus Liguori	By the law of nature, there is no pleasure in suffering; but divine love, when it reigns in a heart, makes it take delight in its sufferings.
Suffering	St. Theophane Venard	Carry gently the cross of this life, like Jesus did, until the day of the peaceful passing.
Suffering	St. Anthony Mary Claret	Christian perfection consists in three things: praying heroically, working heroically, and suffering heroically.
Suffering	St. Margaret Mary Alacoque	Cling to God, and leave all the rest to Him: He will not let you perish. Your soul is very dear to Him, He wishes to save it.
Rosary	St. Louise de Marillac	Commend your children to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. When parents pray the Rosary, at the end of each decade they should hold the Rosary aloft and say to her, 'with these beads bind my children to your Immaculate Heart', she will attend to their souls.
Dying	St. Gerard Majella	Consider the shortness of time, the length of eternity, and reflect how everything here below comes to an end and passes by. Of what use is it to lean upon that which cannot give support?
Suffering	St. Alphonsus Liguori	Contradictions, sickness, scruples, spiritual aridity, and all the inner and outward torments are the chisel with which God carves His statues for paradise.
Suffering	St. Margaret Mary Alacoque	Crosses, contempt, sorrows and afflictions are the real treasures of the lovers of Jesus Christ crucified.
Hope	Bl. Miguel Agustín Pro	Deceitful are the ephemeral pleasures and joys of this world. Our supreme comfort in this life, is to die to the world that we may live with Jesus crucified. Let others seek gold and other earthly treasures. I already possess the immortal treasure of holy poverty on the Cross of Jesus crucified. The angelic virtue, growing like a pure, fragrant lily in the hidden beauteous garden of the cloister, adorns the forehead with heavenly tints, for it has roots in the Cross of Jesus crucified. A third crown completes my oblation, it is the seal of glory, whereby the obedient, spotless Lamb gained victory. Obedience is the secure science of living with Jesus crucified. With this triple treasure, I can hope to pass beyond the fleeting confines of mortal man, by living poor on this earth and rich in heaven, united with Jesus crucified.
Suffering	Bl. Carlo Acutis	Do not be afraid because with the Incarnation of Jesus, death becomes life, and there’s no need to escape: in eternal life, something extraordinary awaits us.
Suffering	St. Francis de Sales	Do not look forward to the changes and chances of this life in fear; rather look to them with full hope that, as they arise, God, whose you are, will deliver you out of them. He is your keeper. He has kept you hitherto. Do you but hold fast to his dear hand, and he will lead you safely through all things; and, when you cannot stand, he will bear you in his arms. Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow. Our Father will either shield you from suffering, or he will give you strength to bear it.
Suffering	St. Paul of the Cross	Do you know why God subjects you to so many miseries? That He may bestow on you the riches of heaven.
Suffering	Bl. Miguel Agustín Pro	Does our life become from day-to-day more painful, more oppressive, more replete with sufferings? Blessed be He a thousand times, who desires it so. If life be harder, love makes it also stronger and only this love, grounded in suffering, can carry the Cross of my Lord, Jesus Christ.
Suffering	St. Elizabeth of the Trinity	During painful times, when you feel a terrible void, think how the capacity of your soul is being enlarged so that it can receive God - becoming as it were, infinite as God is infinite.
Surrender	St. Paul of the Cross	Entrust yourself entirely to God. He is a Father and a most loving Father at that, who would rather let heaven and earth collapse than abandon anyone who trusted in him.
Suffering	St. Martin de Porres	Everything, even sweeping, scraping vegetables, weeding a garden and waiting on the sick, could be a prayer, if it were offered to God.
Suffering	St. Martin de Porres	Faith is the light that guides us through the darkest of times.
Suffering	St. Thomas a Kempis	For nothing, how little soever, that is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.
Suffering	St. John Chrysostom	God does not forsake you. It is because he wishes to increase your glory that oftentimes he permits you to fall sick. Keep up your courage so that you may also hear him say: Do you think I have dealt with you otherwise than that you may be shown to be just?
Suffering	St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus	God gives me courage in proportion to my sufferings. I feel at this moment I couldn’t suffer any more, but I’m not afraid, since if they increase, He will increase my courage at the same time.
Suffering	Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati	God gives us health so that we may serve the sick.
Suffering	St. Francis de Sales	God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
Surrender	St. Charles Borromeo	God wishes us not to rest upon anything but His infinite Goodness; do not let us expect anything, hope anything, or desire anything but from Him, and let us put our trust and confidence in Him alone.
Hope	Joshua 1:9	Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Hope	Bl. Anthony Grassi	Have no fear of damnation. On the contrary, have great hope and confidence that you will be a partaker of Christ’s glory, just because you are now a partaker of His cross by your suffering.
Suffering	St. Francis of Assisi	Have patience, for the sickness of the body is given to us by God for the salvation of our souls, for sickness is of great merit when it is endured in peace.
Suffering	St. Isaac Jogues	He [Jesus] was making us share his sufferings, and admitting us to participate in his crosses.
Suffering	St. Elizabeth of the Trinity	He is always with you, be always with Him, through all your actions, in your sufferings, when your body is exhausted, remain in His sight, see Him present, living in your soul.
Suffering	St. Giles of Assisi	He who bears his sufferings with patience for God’s sake, will soon arrive at high perfection. He will be master of the world and will already have one foot in the other world.
Suffering	St. Alphonsus Liguori	He who embraces the cross and bears it with patience lightens the weight of the cross. Indeed, the weight itself becomes a consolation; for God abounds with grace to all those who carry the cross with good will in order to please him.
Rosary	St. Ignatius of Antioch	He who is devout to the Mother of God will certainly never be lost.
Purgatory	St. James the Apostle	He who saves a soul saves his own and satisfies for a multitude of sins.
Suffering	St. Alphonsus Liguori	He who suffers in patience, surfers less and saves his soul. He who suffers impatiently, suffers more and loses his soul.
Suffering	St. Rose Philippine Duchesne	He will never let the trial surpass the strength He gives you, and at the very moment you think yourself overwhelmed by sorrow, He will lift you up and give you peace.
Dying	Bl. Maria Teresa Fasce	I am leaving this world with faith, hope and love! I hope to find you there…where God reigns and where we will live for ever.
Purgatory	St. Bridget (Our Lady's words)	I am the Mother of all the Poor Souls, for my prayers serve to mitigate their sufferings every single hour that they remain there (purgatory).
Purgatory	St. John Vianney	I come to tell you that they suffer in Purgatory, that they weep, and that they demand with urgent cries the help of your prayers and your good works. I seem to hear them crying from the depths of those fires which devour them: ‘Tell our loved ones, tell our children, tell all our relatives how great the evils are which they are making us suffer. We throw ourselves at their feet to implore the help of their prayers. Ah! Tell them that since we have been separated from them, we have been here burning in the flames!’
Suffering	St. Peter of Alcantara	I have made a contract with my body. It has promised to accept harsh treatment from me on earth, and I have promised that it shall receive eternal rest in heaven.
Suffering	Bl. Maria Teresa Fasce	I love Him even if it costs much, I love Him because it is worth much, I love Him at all cost.
Purgatory	St. Maria Faustina Kowalska	I saw my guardian angel, who ordered me to follow him. In a moment I was in a misty place full of fire in which there was a great crowd of suffering souls. They were praying fervently, but to no avail, for themselves; only we can come to their aid. The flames, which were burning them, did not touch me at all. My guardian angel did not leave me for an instant. I asked these souls what their greatest suffering was. They answered me in one voice that their greatest torment was longing for God.
Suffering	St. Margaret Mary Alacoque	I think He intends to try you like gold in the crucible, so as to number you amongst His most faithful servants. Therefore you must lovingly embrace all occasions of suffering, considering them as precious tokens of His love. To suffer in silence and without complaint is what He asks of you.
Suffering	St. Frances Xavier Cabrini	I travel, work, suffer my weak health, meet with a thousand difficulties, but all these are nothing, for this world is so small. To me, space is an imperceptible object, as I am accustomed to dwell in eternity.
Suffering	St. Ignatius of Loyola	If God sends you many sufferings, it is a sign that He has great plans for you and certainly wants to make you a saint.
Purgatory	St. John Vianney	If it were but known how great is the power of the good souls in Purgatory with the Heart of God, and if we knew all the graces we can obtain through their intercession, they would not be so much forgotten. We must, therefore, pray much for them, that they may pray much for us.
Purgatory	St. Margaret Mary Alacoque	If only you knew with what great longing these holy souls yearn for relief from their suffering. Ingratitude has never entered Heaven.
Suffering	St. John Chrysostom	If the Lord should give you power to raise the dead, He would give much less than He does when he bestows suffering. By miracles you would make yourself debtor to Him, while by suffering He may become debtor to you. And even if sufferings had no other reward than being able to bear something for that God who loves you, is not this a great reward and a sufficient remuneration? Whoever loves, understands what I say.
Rosary	St. Frances Xavier Cabrini	If you are in danger, if your hearts are confused, turn to Mary; she is our comfort, our help; turn towards her and you will be saved.
Rosary	St. Louis de Montfort	If you say the Rosary faithfully unto death, I do assure you that, in spite of the gravity of your sins, ‘you will receive a never-fading crown of glory’ (1 St. Peter 5:4).
Suffering	St. Peter of Alcantara	If you would suffer patiently the adversities and miseries of this life, be a man of prayer.
Purgatory	St. Paul of the Cross	If, during life, we have been kind to the suffering souls in purgatory, God will see that help be not denied us after death.
Suffering	St. Ignatius of Loyola	In a time of desolation, never forsake the good resolutions you made in better times. Strive to remain patient – a virtue contrary to the troubles that harass you – and remember that you will be consoled.
Hope	Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati	In a world gone astray from God there is no peace, but it also lacks charity, which is true and perfect love... Nothing is more beautiful than love. Indeed, faith and hope will end when we die, whereas love, that is, charity, will last for eternity.
Suffering	St. Teresa of Avila	In order to bear our afflictions with patience, it is very useful to read the lives and legends of the saints who endured great torments for Jesus Christ.
Suffering	St. John of the Cross	In other words, he must be truly resolved to suffer willingly for the love of God in all things.
Purgatory	St. Bernadette	In our prayers, let us not forget sinners and the poor souls in Purgatory especially our poor relatives.
Purgatory	St. Bernadette Soubirous (Lourdes)	In our prayers, let us not forget sinners and the poor souls in Purgatory especially our poor relatives.
Suffering	St. Paul of the Cross	In uniting yourself to God's will, you take on new life and gather great courage, willingly embracing the cross and kissing His hand even when it chastises you, a hand that reaches out to you in love and has no other intention but your greater spiritual well-being.
Hope	St. Alphonsus Liguori	It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and craven slave trembling with fright before his master.
Suffering	Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos	It is only through suffering that we become holy. And to become holy is our only purpose in life, our only preparation for heaven.
Suffering	St. Alphonsus Liguori	It often happens that we pray God to deliver us from some dangerous temptation, and yet that God does not hear us, but permits the temptation to continue troubling us. In such a case, let us understand that God permits even this for our greater good.
Suffering	St. Elizabeth of the Trinity	Jesus gives His cross to His true friends so he can come even closer to them.
Hope	Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati	Jesus is with me. I have nothing to fear.
Hope	St. Alphonsus Liguori	Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness.
Suffering	Bl. Miguel Agustín Pro	Let sorrow, loneliness, and exile compass me; let friends be absent when my heart is crushed with pain. My mother's kisses take - earth's sweetest ecstasy - but grant, dear Lord, I pray, that sinful souls I gain.
Purgatory	St. John Chrysostom	Let us help and commemorate them. If Job’s sons were purified by their father’s sacrifice (Job 1:5), why would we doubt that our offerings for the dead bring them some consolation? Let us not hesitate to help those who have died and to offer our prayers for them.
Suffering	St. Rose Philippine Duchesne	Let us realize that we are sinners and have much to explate, while others less culpable than we are suffer more than we do.
Suffering	St. Theodora Guérin	Let us take courage, my very dear Sisters; the Cross, it is true, awaits us at every turn, but it is the way to heaven.
Suffering	St. Alphonsus Liguori	Let us, at any rate, give heed to suffer joyfully the crosses that God sends us, because they all, if we are saved, will become for us eternal joys. When infirmities, pains, or any adversities afflict us, let us lift up our eyes to heaven and say, "One day all these pains will have an end, and after them I hope to enjoy God forever."
Suffering	St. Margaret Mary Alacoque	Look upon yourself as a tree planted beside the water, which bears its fruit in due season; the more it is shaken by the wind, the deeper it strikes its roots into the ground.
Suffering	St. John of the Cross	Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.
Suffering	St. Paul of the Cross	Make great account of your precious trials, both interior and exterior; it is thus that the garden of Jesus is adorned with flowers, that is, with acts of virtue.
Suffering	St. Francis de Sales	Make sickness itself a prayer.
Suffering	St. Columban	May no-one and nothing separate us from the love of Christ, no trial, no difficulty, no persecution, no hunger, no nakedness, no danger, no death by sword, fire, cross or murder, nothing sad, nothing sweet, nothing hard, nothing fair, may none of the world's vanities separate us from Christ.
Surrender	St. Isaac Jogues	My confidence is placed in God, who does not need our help for accomplishing His designs.
Purgatory	St. Gertrude (Our Lord's words)	My love urges Me to release the poor souls. If a beneficent king leaves his guilty friend in prison for justice’s sake, he awaits with longing for one of his nobles to plead for the prisoner and to offer something for his release. Then the king joyfully sets him free. Similarly, I accept with highest pleasure what is offered to Me for the poor souls, for I long inexpressibly to have near Me those for whom I paid so great a price. By the prayers of thy loving soul, I am induced to free a prisoner from purgatory as often as thou dost move thy tongue to utter a word of prayer!
Suffering	St. Rose Philippine Duchesne	Never forget that the road to Heaven is the Way of the Cross. Jesus has called us to follow Him, bearing the Cross as He did.
Purgatory	St. Catherine of Genoa	No one is barred from heaven. Whoever wants to enter heaven may do so because God is merciful. Our Lord will welcome us into glory with His arms wide open. The Almighty is pure however, and if a person is conscious of the least trace of imperfection and at the same time understands that Purgatory is ordained to do away with such impediments, the soul enters this place of perfection gladly to accept so great a mercy of God. The worst suffering of these suffering souls is to have sinned against Divine Goodness and not to have been purified in this life.
Suffering	St. Francis of Assisi	No one ought to consider himself a true servant of God who is not tried by many temptations and trials. Temptations overcome are a sort of betrothal ring God gives the soul.
Surrender	Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos	No one was ever lost because his sin was too great, but because his trust was too small.
Suffering	Romans 5:3-5	Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
Hope	St. Alphonsus Liguori	Nothing can satisfy one whom God does not satisfy.
Suffering	St. Didacus	O faithful wood, O precious nails! You have borne an exceedingly sweet burden, for you have been judged worthy to bear the Lord and King of Heaven.
Suffering	St. John Henry Newman	O my Lord and Savior ... If You bring pain or sorrow on me, give me grace to bear it well - keep me from fretfulness and selfishness. If You give me health and strength and success in this world, keep me always on my guard, lest these great gifts carry me away from You.
Suffering	St. John of the Cross	Oh cherished Cross! Through thee my most bitter trials are replete with graces!
Suffering	St. Maria Faustina Kowalska	Oh, if only the suffering soul knew how it is loved by God, it would die of joy and excess of happiness! Some day, we will know the value of suffering, but then we will no longer be able to suffer. The present moment is ours.
Dying	Ss. John de Brébeuf	On receiving the blow of death, I shall accept it from your hands with the fullest delight and joy of spirit. For this reason, my beloved Jesus, and because of the surging joy which moves me, here and now I offer my blood and body and life. May I die only for you, if you will grant me this grace, since you willingly died for me. Let me so live that you may grant me the gift of such a happy death. In this way, my God and Saviour, I will take from your hand the cup of your sufferings and call on your name: Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!
Rosary	St. Dominic	One day, through the Rosary and the Scapular, Our Lady will save the world.
Hope	Bl. Mary Frances Schervier	One is as it were rich, when one has nothing; and another is as it were poor, when he has great riches.
Suffering	St. Teresa of Avila	One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and many a time he is praying much more truly than one who goes away by himself and meditates his head off, and, if he has squeezed out a few tears, thinks that is prayer.
Suffering	Bl. Alexandrina Maria da Costa	Our Lady has given me an even greater grace; first abandonment, then complete conformity to God’s will and finally the thirst for suffering.
Suffering	St. Rose Philippine Duchesne	Profit by the little trials that come to you, for through them we make real progress.
Suffering	St. Thomas Becket	Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms that were weathered... the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith... All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown.
Hope	St. Alphonsus Liguori	Since His delights are to be with you, let yours be found in Him.
Suffering	St. Ignatius of Antioch	Stand like a beaten anvil. It is the part of a good athlete to be bruised and to prevail.
Suffering	St. Francis of Assisi	Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Suffering	St. Faustina	Suffering is a great grace; through suffering the soul becomes like the Savior; in suffering, love becomes crystallized; the greater the suffering, the purer the love.
Suffering	St. Maria Faustina Kowalska	Suffering is the greatest treasure on earth; it purifies the soul. In suffering, we learn who our true friend is.
Suffering	St. Alphonsus Liguori	The brightest ornaments in the crown of the blessed in heaven are the sufferings which they have borne patiently on earth.
Suffering	St. John Eudes	The Christian life is the continuation and completion of the life of Christ in us. We should be so many Christs here on earth, continuing His life and His works, laboring and suffering in a holy and divine manner in the spirit of Jesus.
Suffering	St. Anthony Mary Claret	The Christian who desires to follow Jesus carrying his cross must bear in mind that the name "Christian" means "learner or imitator of Christ" and that if he wishes to bear that noble title worthily he must above all do as Christ charges us in the Gospel: We must oppose or deny ourselves, take up the cross, and follow him.
Purgatory	St. Alphonsus Ligouri	The clients of this most merciful Mother are very fortunate. She helps them both in this life and in the next, consoling them and sponsoring their cause in Purgatory. For the simple reason that the Souls in Purgatory need help so desperately, since they cannot help themselves, our Mother of Mercy does so much more to relieve them. She exercises over these Poor Souls, who are the spouses of Christ, particular dominion, with power to relieve them and even deliver them from their pains. See how important it is then to have devotion to this good Lady, because she never forgets her servants as long as they suffer in these flames. If she helps all the Poor Souls, she is especially indulgent and consoling to her own clients.
Suffering	St. Paul of the Cross	The Cross is the way to Paradise, but only when it is borne willingly.
Suffering	Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati	The end for which we are created invites us to walk a road that is surely sown with a lot of thorns, but it is not sad; through even the sorrow, it is illuminated by joy.
Suffering	Bl. Anthony Grassi	The greater the malady He cures, the greater the glory of the Physician.
Suffering	St. Martin de Porres	The greatest gift we can give is our presence.
Suffering	St. John Vianney	The greatest saints were those who suffered the most.
Suffering	St. Margaret Mary Alacoque	The heaviest of my crosses was that I could do nothing to lighten the cross my mother was suffering.
Rosary	St. Josemaria Escriva	The holy Rosary is a powerful weapon. Use it with confidence and you'll be amazed at the results.
Rosary	Bl. Alan de la Roche	The Holy Rosary is the storehouse of countless blessings.
Hope	Psalm 23:1-6	The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures: he leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul: he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for You are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Dying	St. John of Capistrano	The Lord who made the beginning, will take care of the finish.
Suffering	St. John Leonardi	The medicine of God is Jesus Christ, crucified and risen, the measure of all things.
Hope	St. Alphonsus Liguori	The more a person loves God, the more reason he has to hope in Him. This hope produces in the Saints an unutterable peace, which they preserve even in adversity, because as they love God, and know how beautiful He is to those who love Him, they place all their confidence and find all their repose in Him alone.
Suffering	G. K. Chesterton	The one thing that would make suffering intolerable would be the thought that it was systematically inflicted upon sinners. On the other hand, the doctrine which makes it most endurable is exactly the opposite doctrine, that suffering may be a strange honour and not a vulgar punishment; that the King may be conferring a decoration when he pins the man on the cross, as much as when he pins the cross on the man.
Suffering	St. Paul of the Cross	The passion of Jesus is a sea of sorrows, but it is also an ocean of love. Ask the Lord to teach you to fish in this ocean. Dive into its depths. No matter how deep you go, you will never reach the bottom.
Hope	St. Alphonsus Liguori	The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good.
Purgatory	St. Alphonsus Ligouri	The practice of recommending to God the souls in Purgatory, that He may mitigate the great pains which they suffer, and that He may soon bring them to His glory, is most pleasing to the Lord and most profitable to us. For these blessed souls are His eternal spouses, and most grateful are they to those who obtain their deliverance from prison, or even a mitigation of their torments. When, therefore, they arrive in Heaven, they will be sure to remember all who have prayed for them.
Suffering	St. Francis de Sales	The prayer of the sick person is his patience and his acceptance of his sickness for the love of Jesus Christ. Make sickness itself a prayer, for there is none more powerful, save martyrdom!
Suffering	St. John Vianney	The saints did not become saints without many a sacrifice and many a struggle.
Suffering	St. Alphonsus Liguori	The sufferings endured for God are the greatest proof of our love for Him.
Suffering	St. Francis de Sales	The truly patient man neither complains of his hard lot nor desires to be pitied by others. He speaks of his sufferings in a natural, true, and sincere way, without murmuring, complaining, or exaggerating them.
Suffering	St. John Henry Newman	There are wounds of the spirit which never close and are intended in God's mercy to bring us nearer to Him, and to prevent us leaving Him by their very perpetuity. Such wounds then may almost be taken as a pledge, or at least as a ground for a humble trust, that God will give us the great gift of perseverance to the end. This is how I comfort myself in my own great bereavements.
Suffering	Pope St. John Paul II	There is no evil to be faced that Christ does not face with us. There is no enemy that Christ has not already conquered. There is no cross to bear that Christ has not already borne for us, and does not now bear with us. … Jesus Christ has taken the lead on the way of the cross. He has suffered first. He does not drive us toward suffering but shares it with us, wanting us to have life and to have it in abundance.
Suffering	Bl. Columba Marmion	There is nothing in the nature of man that Jesus has not sanctified: our labors, our sufferings, our tears.
Suffering	St. Alphonsus Liguori	There is nothing more pleasing to God, than to see a soul who patiently and serenely bears whatever crosses it is sent; this is how love is made, by putting lover and loved one on the same level. . . A soul who loves Jesus Christ desires to be treated the way Christ was treated-desires to be poor, despised and humiliated.
Hope	2 Corinthians 4:16-18	Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Suffering	St. John Henry Newman	Therefore, I will trust Him, whatever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him, in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him. If I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He knows what He is about. He may take away my friends. He may throw me among strangers. He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide my future from me. Still, He knows what He is about.
Suffering	St. Josemaria Escriva	Those who pray and suffer, leaving action for others, will not shine here on earth; but what a radiant crown they will wear in the kingdom of life! Blessed be the ‘apostolate of suffering’!
Suffering	St. John Henry Newman	To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us.
Hope	St. Alphonsus Liguori	True, He is infinite Majesty, but He is also infinite Goodness and infinite Love. There can be no greater Lord than God; neither can there be a more ardent lover than He.
Surrender	St. Theodora Guérin	Trusting all your affairs to [God]...you will see that all will be well.
Suffering	St. Teresa of Avila	We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
Suffering	St. John Vianney	We must have great confidence in God in times of illness or grief, because it is precisely then that God waits to see whether or no we shall put our trust in Him.
Suffering	St. Mary Joseph Rossello	We must look upon our sick sisters as our most reliable support. They, by their patience, their suffering, and their prayers, maintain the house and, in fact, the whole institute, since they seek and obtain for us from the Father of Mercy the blessing of heaven.
Suffering	St. Alphonsus Liguori	We must show charity towards the sick, who are in greater need of help. Let us take them some small gift if they are poor, or, at least let us go and wait on them and comfort them.
Suffering	St. Margaret Mary Alacoque	We must submit to the Will of God and kiss the hand that strikes us, for we know it is better to suffer in this life than in the next, since one moment of suffering willingly accepted for the love God, is worth an eternity of happiness.
Suffering	St. Margaret Mary Alacoque	What a weakness it is to love Jesus Christ only when He caresses us, and to be cold immediately He afflicts us. This is not true love. Those who love thus, love themselves too much to love God with all their heart.
Hope	St. Alphonsus Liguori	What does it cost us to say: "My God help me! Have mercy on me!" Is there anything easier than this? And this little will suffice to save us if we be diligent in doing it.
Hope	Bl. Anthony Grassi	What should we think of a God so good as ours, who offered up for us his death, at the cost of so much pain and blood? How can we doubt that He will give us His life, which will cost Him nothing?
Purgatory	St. John Vianney	What years of Purgatory will there be for those Christians who have no difficulty at all in deferring their prayers to another time on the excuse of having to do some pressing work! If we really desired the happiness of possessing God, we should avoid the little faults as well as the big ones, since separation from God is so frightful a torment to all these poor souls!
Suffering	St. John Henry Newman	Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him; in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him; if I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him...
Suffering	Pope St. John Paul II	When God permits us to suffer because of illness, loneliness or other reasons associated with old age, he always gives us the grace and strength to unite ourselves with greater love to the sacrifice of his Son and to share ever more fully in his plan of salvation.
Rosary	St. Anthony Mary Claret	When people love and recite the Rosary they find it makes them better.
Hope	St. Alphonsus Liguori	When we see a beautiful object, a beautiful garden, or a beautiful flower, let us think that there we behold a ray of the infinite beauty of God, who has given existence to that object.
Suffering	St. Padre Pio	When you are exposed to any trial, be it physical or moral, bodily or spiritual, the best remedy is to think of Jesus who is our life and not to think of the trial without joining it to the thought of Jesus.
Rosary	Our Lady to Blessed Alan de la Roche	When you say your Rosary, the angels rejoice, the Blessed Trinity delights in it, my Son finds joy in it too, and I myself am happier than you can possibly guess. After the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, there is nothing in the Church that I love as much as the Rosary.
Suffering	St. Jerome	Whoever has received his share of trouble in this life, after death will not have to suffer the tribulations he had suffered already. God's anger is worst when God does not show he is angry; like the doctor who stops treating you because he has given up hope of curing you.
Hope	St. Alphonsus Liguori	Yet you should practice the greatest possible love and confidence in treating with Him.
Hope	Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati	You ask me whether I am in good spirits. How could I not be so? As long as Faith gives me strength I will always be joyful. Sadness ought to be banished from Catholic souls... the purpose for which we have been created shows us the path; even if strewn with many thorns, it is not a sad path. It is joyful even in the face of sorrow.
Suffering	St. Paul of the Cross	You do wrong to complain of your crosses and sufferings. Believe me, you know not what it is to suffer. God preserve you from suffering even one day what has been endured by a certain soul, whose name I must not disclose!
Rosary	St. Bernardine of Siena	You must know that when you ‘hail’ Mary, she immediately greets you! Don’t think that she is one of those rude women of whom there are so many—on the contrary, she is utterly courteous and pleasant. If you greet her, she will answer you right away and converse with you!
Suffering	St. Alphonsus Liguori	You will gain more by receiving scorn peacefully than if you fasted for a week on bread and water. It is good to humble ourselves; but it is much more worthwhile to accept the humiliations that come to us from others.
Suffering	Our Lord to Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa	You will very rarely receive consolation… I want that while your heart is filled with suffering, on your lips there is a smile.
Hope	1 John 4:4	You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
Hope	St. Alphonsus Liguori	Your God is ever beside you - indeed, He is even within you.
Suffering	St. John of the Cross	And I saw the river over which every soul must pass to reach the kingdom of Heaven, and the name of that river was suffering; and I saw a boat which carries souls across the river, and the name of that boat was Love.