Throughout the story of Catholicism, we find an uncounted number of extraordinary men and women who dedicated themselves to the relief of the sufferings of their neighbors, not only doing good to those who suffer (which may be simply altruistic or the expression of fellow-feeling) but also assisting the suffering to do good with their pains by finding meaning in them in relation to the sufferings of Christ, to use the words of Pope John Paul II.
--Fr. John G. Horgan, STL; Christus Medicus
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