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Dark, painful prayer during our own 'way of the cross' is like a tunnel which leads to the joy of a new birth, an entry into life with God.

Christ showed me how He accepts all the pain that I accept for myself, and applies it, tenderly, as balm to His wounds.

Whether working, praying, or lying wrapped in pain, I found I was curled up in His love.

God the Father 'cools' the burning pain of the Two Spears (which are shame and fear) which check my pride.

I saw that Christ bore His pains for us, gladly.

Christ my Lord waited patiently until the pain subsided. My desire to pray was as pleasing to Him as my words.

We need not struggle to rise above our pain. Christ is here, in the darkness, deep down in our sorrows.

We need not struggle to rise above our pain. Christ is here, in the darkness, deep down in our sorrows.

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A person who bears pains and humiliations in patience, out of love for Christ, is like Him Who was wounded for our sake; and in her union with Christ in love, she and He can make one prayer and one Sacrifice to offer to the Father, in homage, in reparation for sin, and in intercession for sinners today.

Christ taught me how to reach out to the true sanctuary within the soul, where even pain is forgotten, at His greeting.

Into the light of Heaven enter Holy Souls who have been purified. They enter without pain; there is no sin in them any longer.

The painful purification which souls undergo in this life (if they consent) is like the pains of Purgatory, before 'birth' into Heaven.

As a child might see the point of the teacher's many instructions only later on, as he paints the details of each letter in a huge word, so we who fulfil God's Will can hope for eventual understanding and glory.