Our Lord sends us crosses but they are marks of his love. It is a rose in disguise. The crosses give him an excuse for entering into closer union with us. They are a message of a lover to somebody whom he loves and with whom he wants to be more intimate and more closely united. He wants to shape us according to his own mind and heart so that he can share our life completely. If he has given us a greater cross, he wants, so to speak, to have an excuse for giving us more of his strength.
- Father Eugene Boylan OCSO
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Padre Pio Devotions: Crosses and Roses
Our Lord sends us crosses but they are marks of his love. It is a rose in disguise. The crosses give him an excuse for entering into closer union with us. They are a message of a lover to somebody whom he loves and with whom he wants to be more intimate and more closely united. He wants to shape us according to his own mind and heart so that he can share our life completely. If he has given us a greater cross, he wants, so to speak, to have an excuse for giving us more of his strength.
- Father Eugene Boylan OCSO
http://www.padrepiodevotions.org/reflection.asp