Padre Pio Quotes About Suffering
“In my greatest sufferings, it seems to me that I no longer have a mother on this earth, but a very compassionate one in Heaven.”
– Padre Pio
“Jesus himself wants my sufferings; He needs them for souls.”
– Padre Pio
“I remind you that I belong with great ardor to everyone and for this reason I am suffering immensely for all.”
– Padre Pio
“Love Jesus, love Him very much, but to do this, be ready to love sacrifice more.”
– Padre Pio
“Bless Him in all that He makes you suffer on this earth and rejoice in it, for each victory gained has a corresponding crown in paradise.”
– Padre Pio
“Remember, our suffering is brief but our reward is eternal.”
– Padre Pio
“The Christian’s motto is the cross. You will recognize God’s love by this sign, by the sufferings He sends you.”
– Padre Pio
“Endure tribulations, illness, and pain, for the love of God and for the conversion of poor sinners.”
– Padre Pio
“In this life Jesus does not ask you to carry the heavy cross with Him, but a small piece of His cross, a piece that consists of human suffering.”
– Padre Pio
“I suffer greatly, Father, when I see how people ignore Jesus, and what is worse, how they insult Him, especially by those dreadful blasphemies.”
– Padre Pio
“Do not fear, I will make you suffer, but I will also give you the strength to suffer,” Jesus tells me continually. “I want your soul to be purified and tried by a daily hidden martyrdom”. . .”How many times,” Jesus said to me a little while ago, “would you have abandoned me, my son, if I had not crucified you.”
– Padre Pio
“One day when we are able to see the full midday light, we will know what value and what treasures our earthly sufferings have been that have made us gain our everlasting Homeland.”
– Padre Pio
“I send you this fervent aspiration from my heart… ‘O Lord, for the incomparable sadness and great desolation Your heart felt on the Mount of Olives and on the cross; and for the great affliction Your dear Mother felt when deprived of Your presence, may You be the joy or at least the strength of this daughter, when the passion and cross are perfectly joined to your soul.’”
– Padre Pio
Padre Pio Quotes About Suffering – St. Pio of Pietrelcina
These quotes are very helpful and easy to understand.