Mother Theresa of Calcutta said : “ I got to know what a paradox is : if we love till it hurts , the pain will disappear and only love is left .”While  Saint Padre Pio put it this way : “Let’s love pain ! The one who never suffered has no strong emotions,  tenderness is missing from his heart, perspectives from his spirit. Why suffering ? So that the world grows dim , whilst  heaven should be glowing !” Man is not deliberately looking for suffering, in fact does everything possible in order to avoid it. Christ was not looking for it on the way of the cross either , but when the time came emptied the chalice. He fell three times , got up amidst great pain , He did not carry His cross with a straight back and a Hollywood smile. His honour demanded of Him to accept the suffering , He tried to move on with human dignity. Even in this He was one of us , and showed us an example. Jesus did not redeem the world with His miracles and His great homilies , but with His suffering, with His death on the cross that He accepted for us out of love.

Father Csaba

translated by dr k.e.