Reflections of St. Therese of Lisieux on SUFFERRING

• Suffering is the only thing which seems desirable to me in this valley of tears
  

• Jesus made me understand that it was through the cross that He would give me souls; so the more any suffering grew , the more i loved it.

• It is so sweet to be able to serve the good Lord during the night of trial

• Suffering is necessary to detach us from the earth and make us look up higher than this world.......to detach us from all that is created............from all that is not Jesus, and to purify us.

• Suffering makes us good, it makes us indulgent towards others , because suffering brings us nearer to the good Lord.

• We must suffer much if we want Him to possess  us completely.

• Jesus tries whom He loves.

• Suffering is the greatest proof He can give us of His tenderness towards us. He gives it only to His chosen friends. He even increases it according to the greater measure of our love for Him

• Let us love God to the extend of being ready to suffer for Him whatever He may wish us to suffer even the sufferings of the soul.

• If Jesus in-spite of His love for us makes us suffer, and if He does not spare us , it is because He looks beyond time, because he already beholds us in the state of glory. He rejoices in our eternal beatitude . He so greatly desires to give us a rich recompense. 
  

• Think of it, for one pain borne with joy, I shall love God more perfectly for all eternity!

• Let us embrace suffering, otherwise Jesus will not be able to say, "now it is my turn to give you something"

• Why worry about exterior crosses? The true cross is the martyrdom of the heart , the intimate suffering of the soul.

• What a happiness to realize that suffering does cost us something!

• Let us not believe that we can love without suffering ;and without suffering a great deal.

• It is because we reflect on the past and think about the future that we get discouraged and despair.

• We can bear much suffering , when we suffer it from moment to moment.

• Exteriorly nothing revealed my suffering which was all the more painful since i alone was aware of it.

• Jesus cannot desire useless sufferings for us.

• Yes , life costs, it is hard to begin a day's work.

• Shedding our tears we dry Jesus' tears and Bl. Virgin smiles.

• Jesus would rather leave me in darkness than give me a false light that would not be Himself.