“The Lord also sends temptations: he who belongs to God will be sent sorrows; the one for whom things go smoothly, like spreading butter, belongs to the devil. And when the Lord wishes to remove someone from the devil, he is charged with sorrows. Sorrows are Christ’s chalice on the earth. Whoever is a partaker of this chalice on the earth will also partake of this chalice in Heaven.”
Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov
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