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Those who stay closest to the suffering Christ - then and now - by patiently bearing sufferings, are His greatest friends.

Christ our brother and Divine Saviour paid the debt due from our sins. In acknowledging Him, we emerge from our 'pit'.

Christ our brother and Divine Saviour paid the debt due from our sins. In acknowledging Him, we emerge from our 'pit'.

Just as Christ bore suffering as punishment for others, so it is with us, who can help other souls by our patient acceptance of suffering.

Just as Christ bore suffering as punishment for others, so it is with us, who can help other souls by our patient acceptance of suffering.

Just as Christ bore suffering as punishment for others, so it is with us, who can help other souls by our patient acceptance of suffering.

The suffering Saviour stands, with outstretched arms, to shelter repentant people; and the Father looks lovingly from Heaven, upon His Son.

It is the Holy Spirit who holds up - as if by the power of His outstretched wings - a person who suffers in union with Christ. In our sufferings, however, we cannot always see the glory of the Divine Spirit.

It is the Holy Spirit who holds up - as if by the power of His outstretched wings - a person who suffers in union with Christ. In our sufferings, however, we cannot always see the glory of the Divine Spirit.

Whoever cruelly deserts their spouse or children is causing them to suffer as Christ suffered in His Passion, when He was heartbroken and alone. Christ said that whatever evil we do to others, we do to Him, just as whatever good we do is 'counted' as done to Him.

If I remain always at the foot of the cross, I'll remember that all the graces I now enjoy were won through Christ's lonely torment on Calvary. How can I then become proud or self-satisfied?

When Christ was hanging on the Cross in torment He was aware of all human tragedies from the beginning to the end of life - including the sufferings of those on 9/11. God does not look on impassively as mankind suffers; on the contrary, the Son of God came down to earth to share our sufferings, even to die. When Christ rose from the dead, He made a way to Heaven for all who would follow Him.

When Christ was hanging on the Cross in torment He was aware of all human tragedies from the beginning to the end of life - including the sufferings of those on 9/11. God does not look on impassively as mankind suffers; on the contrary, the Son of God came down to earth to share our sufferings, even to die. When Christ rose from the dead, He made a way to Heaven for all who would follow Him.

When Christ was hanging on the Cross in torment He was aware of all human tragedies from the beginning to the end of life - including the sufferings of those on 9/11. God does not look on impassively as mankind suffers; on the contrary, the Son of God came down to earth to share our sufferings, even to die. When Christ rose from the death, He made a way to Heaven for all who would follow Him.

No-one was closer to Jesus than His Holy Mother Mary, the Blessed Virgin. He was immensely comforted in His Passion - even in the dungeon overnight - by the love which He experienced from His Mother, in spirit.

Jesus suffered in body and soul, and we need not feel guilty if we do not 'feel' fervent and joyful in our difficulties, as long as we are actively trying to do God's Will, and to remain faithful.

Our Lady shared Christ's anguish as did no-one else on earth. Their hearts beat as one, during His Passion. He experienced her sympathy and consoling thoughts in an extraordinary spiritual communion.

God does not 'like' to see us suffer, just as God the Father did not like to see His Son suffer on earth; yet that suffering of Jesus was part of the plan which They - with the Holy Spirit - accomplished, so that salvation would be possible for the whole human race; and we too are sometimes asked to bear a few dreadful trials for a special purpose.

God does not 'like' to see us suffer, just as God the Father did not like to see His Son suffer on earth; yet that suffering of Jesus was part of the plan which They - with the Holy Spirit - accomplished, so that salvation would be possible for the whole human race; and we too are sometimes asked to bear a few dreadful trials for a special purpose.

In becoming man, the Son of God chose to share our life on earth, and our sufferings - though He is without sin. And He sacrificed His life so that we could be freed from sin and from the fear of death.