The journey to Christ is paved with suffering.
Join Christ by taking up the CROSS. Do we have the courage to do it? I hope so. I also hope we capture those 'weeds' along the way and change their hearts. They are God's children. Many are faced with suffering and questioning of God. John Paul II reminded us to "be not afraid". I can't express the comfort that gives me.
Maybe the true mission of Christ was not to alienate those who do not embrace the truth, but to captivate them with it.
(Hence the constant reference to being fishers of men... fishing.. tease them, hook them, capture them to the truth).
The intention is never to alienate intentionally, yet there are those that will be alienated simply by the nature of the Truth we proclaim. Christ alienated the Pharisees and Sadducees and the early Christians alienated the Romans. We should never fear the consequences of spreading the Truth, for we need not fear those that can harm the body but not the soul.