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God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.

God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.

Saint Francis de Sales
Giving, Suffering, Shields

All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.

Saint Francis de Sales
Two, Suffering, Saint

The truly patient man neither complains of his hard lot nor desires to be pitied by others. He speaks of his sufferings in a natural, true, and sincere way, without murmuring, complaining, or exaggerating them.

Saint Francis de Sales
Men, Suffering, Desire

The damned are in the abyss of Hell, as within a woeful city, where they suffer unspeakable torments, in all their senses and members, because as they have employed all their senses and their members in sinning, so shall they suffer in each of them the punishment due to sin.

Saint Francis de Sales
Punishment, Cities, Suffering
"Introduction to the Devout Life". Book by Saint Francis de Sales, Pt. 2, ch. 15, 1609.

Many would be willing to have afflictions provided that they not be inconvenienced by them.

Saint Francis de Sales
Suffering, Saint, Would Be
Saint Francis de Sales, Catholic Way Publishing (2015). “The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]”, p.4260, Catholic Way Publishing

Do not fret under such assistance as is needful; therein lies one great grace of poverty. It were overambitious to aim at being poor without suffering any inconvenience, in other words, to have the credit of poverty and the convenience of riches.

Saint Francis de Sales
Lying, Grace, Suffering
Saint Francis de Sales, Catholic Way Publishing (2015). “Introduction to the Devout Life”, p.211, Catholic Way Publishing