“ We do not want to accept the fact that suffering is necessary for our souls; that the cross must be our daily bread.
Just as the body needs nourishment, so does the soul need the cross, day after day, to purify it and detach it from creatures.
We do not want to understand that God neither wants nor is able to save or sanctify us without the cross and the more He draws a soul to Himself, the more He purifies it by means of the cross.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina