Affliction Quotes

Affliction Quotes by the Saints

Affliction strengthens the vigor of our soul, whereas happiness weakens it. - Pope St. Gregory the Great

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.  -Saint Basil

Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.- St. John of the Cross

Tribulation is a gift from God-----one that he especially gives His special friends. - St. Thomas More

Comfort in tribulation can be secured only on the sure ground of faith holding as true the words of Scripture and the teaching of the Catholic Church. - St. Thomas More

Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggle increases. - St. Rose of Lima

Consider the pains which martyrs have endured, and think how even now many people are bearing afflictions beyond all measure greater than yours, and say, "Of a truth my trouble is comfort, my torments are but roses as compared to those whose life is a continual death, without solace, or aid or consolation, borne down with a weight of grief tenfold greater than mine. - St. Francis de Sales

Crosses, contempt, sorrows and afflictions are the real treasures of the lovers of Jesus Christ crucified - St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

There is no such thing as bad weather. All weather is good because it is God's. - -Saint Teresa of Avila

For Jesus Christ I am prepared to suffer still more. -  Saint Maximilian Kolbe

Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggle increases. - St. Rose of Lima

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. - Saint Augustine 

God afflicts us because he loves us; and it is very pleasing to him, when in our afflictions he sees us abandon ourselves to his paternal care. - St. Benedict Joseph Labre

He is not far off; He is there, very close. He is looking at us, and He is begging this sorrow, this agony from us. He needs it for souls and for our soul. . . Alas, it does pain Him to give us sorrows to drink, but He knows this is the only means of preparing us to know Him as He knows Himself and to become God's ourselves. - St. Therese of Lisieux

The more we are afflicted in this world, the greater is our assurance in the next; the more sorrow in the present, the greater will be our joy in the future. - St. Isadore of Seville

God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. - Saint Augustine 

We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials. - St. Teresa of Avila

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them. - Saint Basil 

He who willingly accepts chastening by affliction is not dominated by evil thoughts against his will; whereas he who does not accept affliction is taken prisoner by evil thoughts, even though he resists them. - St. Mark the Ascetic

When we receive with an entire and perfect resignation the afflictions which God sends us they become for us favors and benefits; because conformity to the will of God is a gain far superior to all temporal advantages. - St. Vincent de Paul

When the messenger came to announce to Job that the Sabeans had plundered his goods and slain his children, he said: "The Lord gave and the Lord taketh away." He did not say: "The Lord hath given me my children and my possessions, and the Sabeans have taken them away." He realized that adversity had come upon him by the will of God. Therefore he added: "As it hath pleased the Lord, so is it done. Blessed be the name of the Lord." We must not therefore consider the afflictions that come upon us as happening by chance or solely from the malice of men; we should be convinced that what happens, happens by the will of God. Apropos of this it is related that two martyrs, Epictetus and Atho, being put to the torture by having their bodies raked with iron hooks and burnt with flaming torches, kept repeating: "Work thy will upon us, O Lord." Arrived at the place of execution, they exclaimed: "Eternal God, be thou blessed in that thy will has been entirely accomplished in us." - St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

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