If you would be victorious, taste the suffering of Christ in your person, that you may be chosen to taste his glory.
For if we suffer with Him, we shall also be glorified with Him. The intellect cannot be glorified with Jesus, if the body does not suffer for Jesus.
Blessed are you if you suffer for righteousness sake.
Behold, for years and generations the way of God has been made smooth through the Cross and by death.
The way to God is a daily Cross.
The Cross is the gate of mysteries
....St. Isaac the Syrian
Provided by Father Wayne Wilson
