Consider that the trials you face, the humiliations you must endure, the suffering that comes from outside, are all allowed not only to destroy what needs to be destroyed within you, but also because through them, you participate with Jesus in the redemption of the world, that it has meaning for his entire church, and that it returns to the world as a blessing. If we did not think of this, we would suffocate. But from this thought arises a kind of joy that we can connect with Jesus, that we can be incorporated into the great prayer of his bride, which is the church.
(Cardinal Charles Journet /1891–1975/, correspondence)
