Sorrow, suffering, Eileen, is but a kiss of Jesus--a sign that you have come close to Jesus so that He can kiss you.--I think this is the most beautiful definition of suffering.--So let us be happy when Jesus stoops down to kiss us.--I hope we are close enough that he can do it.
(Blessed Mother Teresa, Letter to Eileen Egan, Come Be My Light, p 281)
Topics: Cross, Jesus Christ, suffering, trial, tribulation