Pope John Paul II Quotes about Suffering

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The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.

The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.

Pope John Paul II

Christian, Catholic, Suffering

Pope John Paul II (1998). “In my own words”

Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.

Pope John Paul II

Men, Catholic, Suffering

Pope John Paul II, Carlos Rodríguez, John Troy (1993). “Visit of Pope John Paul II to Uganda: 5th to 10th February, 1993 : Gulu, Kasese, Soroti”

And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering by the powers of His Spirit of truth, His consoling spirit.

Pope John Paul II

Catholic, Suffering, Spirit

Pope John Paul II (2007). “Pope John Paul II: A Reader”

Thus to share in the sufferings of Christ is, at the same time, to suffer for the kingdom of God. In the eyes of the just God, before his judgment. Those who share in the sufferings of Christ become worthy of this kingdom.

Pope John Paul II

Eye, Catholic, Suffering

Pope John Paul II (1988). “Daily Meditations of John Paul II”

The state of inequality between individuals and between nations not only still exists; it is increasing. It still happens that side by side with those who are wealthy and living in plenty there exist those who are living in want, suffering misery and often actually dying of hunger; and their number reaches tens, even hundreds of millions.

Pope John Paul II

Economic Inequality, Numbers, Suffering

Pope John Paul II (1996). “The Encyclicals of John Paul II”, Our Sunday Visitor (IN)