Alphonsus Liguori Quotes

By the law of nature, there is no pleasure in suffering; but divine love, when it reigns in a heart, makes it take delight in its sufferings.

Alphonsus Liguori

• Heart
• Nature
• Law
• Suffering
• Divine love

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• By the law of nature, there is no pleasure in suffering; but divine love, when it reigns in a heart, makes it take delight in its sufferings.

  

  Alphonsus Liguori
  • Heart
  • Nature
  • Law