"If you do not desire to suffer, then do not expect to become a saint."

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“If you do not desire to suffer, then do not expect to become a saint.”
-Cardinal Van Thuân

“Then I’ll hand myself over to love, since that purifies, and serves to expiate. He who loves doesn’t have any other will but that of the Beloved; then I desire to do Jesus’ Will. He who loves is sacrificed. I want to sacrifice myself entirely. I don’t want to gratify myself in any way. I want to immolate myself constantly to become like the One who suffered for me and loves me. Love obeys with answering back. Love is faithful. Love doesn’t vacillate. Love is the bond of union between two souls. For love, I will fuse myself with Jesus.”
*-St. Teresa of the Andes, diary *
 
“If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” Mt 16:24

To follow Christ wherever He leads, us even if that involves suffering, is the Christian vocation.
 
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