Acceptation of Suffering

The love which consumed the Servant of God was nourished through her devotion to the Passion of Our Lord. From the age of five onwards, one can say that this was her constant meditation, the deep and vital need of her soul. Like this she tried to increase her love by understanding better and better the greatness of the love which Jesus has for us; this made her avoid sin at any cost and mortified herself with “holy violence”. After going through hard trials, she reached a stage of wanting sufferings as a grace of choice and she could not live any more without suffering. According to heavenly inspiration she obliged her Daughters to meditate every day on the Passion of our Lord. She told them again and again that well endured suffering is the safest means to advance in holiness. “We will never lose sight of the crucified Jesus”, she said.
“O, how sweet and pleasant is it to live and to die in the wounds of the crucified Jesus!”