Suffering:

According to an old saying, suffering can make you better or bitter. It is, indeed, a double-edged sword. On the one hand, suffering can bring us closer to God, but on the other hand, it can move us further away from Him. It all depends on what we do with the suffering that comes our way.

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Whatever is proper to holy Scripture, whatever can be expressed in human language and understood by the human mind, is contained in the book of Isaiah.

- St. Jerome (347-419)