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Thomas Merton
“To know the Cross is not merely to know our own sufferings. For the Cross is the sign of salvation, and no man is saved by his own sufferings. To know the Cross is to know that we are saved by the sufferings of Christ; more, it is to know the love of Christ Who underwent suffering and death in order to save us. It is, then, to know Christ.”
Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island

Helen Prejean
“It would take me a long time to understand how systems inflict pain and hardship in people's lives and to learn that being kind in an unjust system is not enough.”
Helen Prejean

Martin Luther King Jr.
“we shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will. And we shall continue to love you.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thich Nhat Hanh
“Suffering has many faces. If we discover the roots of one suffering, we are at the same time discovering the roots of others.”
Thích Nhất Hạnh

Henri J.M. Nouwen
“Suffering invites us to place our hurts in larger hands. In Christ we see God suffering – for us. And calling us to share in God’s suffering love for a hurting world. The small and even overpowering pains of our lives are intimately connected with the greater pains of Christ. Our daily sorrows are anchored in a greater sorrow and therefore a larger hope.”
Henri Nouwen

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