Saint Gregory of Nazianzen: God Accepts Our Desires! God accepts our desires as though they were of great value. He longs ardently for us to desire and love him. He accepts our petitions for benefits as though we were do…

John Paul II: I Entrust to the Lord the Sufferings of All Sick People Dearest brothers and sisters, Today I am reciting the Angelus in a hospital, a place of suffering and hope, together with the doctors and the pat…

John Paul II: Suffering Asks Us to Be Like Christ I, too, have been assailed by suffering and have known the physical weakness that comes from disability and illness. It is precisely because I have experienced suffer…

John Paul II:With Me, Offer Your Ordeal to the Lord Dear ones, you who are sick, handicapped, or in frail health, and who are present at the Eucharistic Congress, My affectionate thoughts and my prayers go out to all…

Pope John Paul II: The Incomparable Effectiveness of Suffering Today I would like to address all sick people in a special way, as one who, like them, is ill, and offer a word of comfort and hope. When, the day after my…