If you have the courage to imitate Mary Magdalene in her sins, have the courage to imitate her penance!
Pio of PietrelcinaThe more you are afflicted, the more you ought to rejoice, because in the fire of tribulation the soul will become pure gold, worthy to be placed and to shine in the heavenly palace.
Pio of PietrelcinaThe life of a Christian is nothing but a perpetual struggle against self; there is no flowering of the soul to the beauty of its perfection except at the price of pain.
Pio of Pietrelcina