“The darker the night, the brighter the stars, the deeper the grief, the closer is God!”

“Pray, hope, and don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.”

“O my God, teach me to be generous.

 

Teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds,

 

to toil and not to seek for rest, to labor and not to ask for any reward, except that of knowing that I do your will.”

“Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you, all things pass away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. He who has God finds he lacks nothing; God alone suffices.”

“Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.”

“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.”

“In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.”

“The road is narrow. He who wishes to travel it more easily must cast off all things and use the cross as his cane. In other words, he must be truly resolved to suffer willingly for the love of God in all things.”

“We are restless until we rest in you, O Lord.”

“To have a restful or peaceful life in God is good; to bear a life of pain in patience is better; but to have peace in the midst of pain is the best of all.”

 “Do not look forward to what might happen tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you tomorrow and every day.

 

Either He will shield you from suffering or He will give you unfailing strength to bear it.”

“If you are discouraged, it is a sign of pride because it shows you trust in your own powers. Your self-sufficiency, your selfishness, and your intellectual pride will inhibit His coming to live in your heart because God cannot fill what is already full. It is as simple as that.”

“Pain and suffering have come into your life, but remember pain, sorrow, suffering are but the kiss of Jesus — a sign that you have come so close to Him that He can kiss you.”

“If we only knew the precious treasure hidden in infirmities, we would receive them with the same joy with which we receive the greatest benefits, and we would bear them without ever complaining or showing signs of weariness.”

“You will be consoled according to the greatness of your sorrow and affliction; the greater the suffering, the greater will be the reward.”