Redemptive Suffering Quotes

“He gave our pain and struggles a holy significance, a redemptive power, which makes it a privilege for us to suffer with Christ.”
― Scott Hahn, Hope for Hard Times

“I am thankful to the Lord for my redemption. I was once lost, now I am saved by grace.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“I carried the image of 'The Scapegoat' with me and that ethereal moment when it seemed as if I had entered the bleak scenery stayed etched in the back of my mind for reasons I could not yet comprehend.”
― M. Wakefield, Narcissistic Family Dynamics: Collected Essays

“It was for me a constant source of hope and happiness to be able to feel that I could in a way shield Our Lord from the hostility which she really meant for Him, and, as it were, take upon myself the heavy cross which He had to bear on account of this soul; and I hoped, too, that I might thereby, perhaps, be helping towards the salvation of that soul itself.”
― Gertrud von le Fort, El velo de Verónica

“Grace and grief, glory and the Cross... they are inseparably linked from the start. It's something hidden deep in the mystery of God, that these opposites can coexist and be redemptive.”
― Sarah Christmyer, Gaze Upon Jesus: Experiencing Christ's Childhood through the Eyes of Women

“Until you place all of your trust in someone who keeps you company, you never truly understand how alone you are.

Then you start to ask yourself these questions;

Was that the motivation behind my actions?

Did I need company so badly that I sold myself to a devil in order to feel it?

Is this what it takes to rekindle my sense of life, so that I may feel deserving in this world?”
― Rifa Coolheart