If God gives you an abundant harvest of trials, it is a sign of great holiness which He desires you to attain. Do you want to become a great saint? Ask God to send you many sufferings. The flame of Divine Love never rises higher than when fed with the wood of the Cross, which the infinite charity of the Savior used to finish His sacrifice. All the pleasures of the world are nothing compared with the sweetness found in the gall and vinegar offered to Jesus Christ. That is, hard and painful things endured for Jesus Christ and with Jesus Christ.
—Saint Ignatius of Loyola
‘When it is all over you will not regret having suffered; rather you will regret having suffered so little, and suffered that little so badly.’
—St. Sebastian Valfre
‘When it is all over you will not regret having suffered; rather you will regret having suffered so little, and suffered that little so badly.’
—St. Sebastian Valfre
Well, I don’t know about regretting that I suffered so little, but the part of suffering so little badly, I can attest to.