Thought n° 86 Thursday 27 March The God of Christians is the God of metamorphosis; you throw your sufferings into his bosom and you draw out peace; you throw in despair and you see hope coming to the surface. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 85 Wednesday 26 March Life is a Calvary; but we must climb it cheerfully. Crosses are the jewels of the Bridegroom and I am jealous of them. My sufferings are pleasing. I suffer only when I have nothing to suffer. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 84 Tuesday 25 March Let nature resent suffering because there is nothing more natural than this except sin. With divine help, your will, will always be superior to it, and divine love will always be in your soul, if you do not cease to pray. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 83 Monday 24 March Always love pain (cross), which, besides being the work of Divine Wisdom, reveals the work of his love to us even more. Padre Pio

Thought n° 82 Sunday 23 March The lot of chosen souls is to suffer. God, the author of all grace and of every gift leading to salvation, has decreed that glory will be ours on condition that we endure suffering in a Christian spirit. Padre Pio

Thought n° 81 Saturday 22 March True servants of God have always preferred adversity as being more in conformity with the way taken by our Head, who worked out our salvation by means of the cross and humiliations. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 80 Friday 21 March Yes, I love the Cross, the Cross alone; I love it because I see it always behind Jesus. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 79 Thursday 20 March Keep strongly and constantly united to God, consecrating all your affections, torments, and your entire self to Him, patiently awaiting the return of that beautiful sun, whenever the Spouse is pleased to visit you through trials of aridity, desolation and darkness of spirit. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 78 Wednesday 19 March Let us not spare ourselves on our ascent to Calvary for love of He who sacrificed Himself for love of us and let us be patient, certain of our flight for Tabor. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 77 Tuesday 18 March If you suffer with resignation in doing His will, you do not offend Him but love Him. And your heart will find great comfort in remembering that in your hour of pain Jesus Himself suffers in you and for you. He did not abandon you when you fled from…