Catholic Wisdom

"When I say that the heart is sweet and peaceful, I do not mean that it does not suffer and feel affliction. No, certainly, I do not say that; but I say that it meets sufferings, trials, and tribulations with such a strong will to bear them for God, that all its bitterness is full of peace and tranquillity."

--Saint Francis de Sales, Maxims and Counsels for Every Day, 319.

“We may well and rightly believe that this perfectly describes Saint Joseph, who had his share and more of crosses in the service of the Lord.”

—Fr. D.B. Thompson