Without the burden of afflictions, it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggles increase.
St. Rose

The Human Heart Is Not A Valentine Heart | Bishop Fulton Sheen
“The human heart is not shaped like a valentine heart, perfect and regular in contour, it is slightly irregular in shape as if a small piece of it were missing out of its side. The missing part may very well symbolize a piece that a spear tore out of the universal...