divine empathy Quotes

The heart, when broken, is like sweet gums and spices when beaten; for as such cast their fragrant scent into the nostrils of men, so the heart, when broken, casts its sweet smell into the nostrils of God.

God is concerned about everything that concerns us - without exception.

If God made the world, I would not be that God, for the misery of the world would break my heart.

Through prayer we can carry in our heart all human pain and sorrow, all conflicts and agonies, all torture and war, all hunger, loneliness and misery, not because of some great psychological or emotional capacity, but because God's heart has become one with ours.

A God who draws near out of love, the Holy Father continued, walks with His people, and this walk comes to an unimaginable point. We could never have imagined that the same Lord would become one of us and walk with us, be present with us, present in His Church, present in the Eucharist, present in His Word, present in the poor, He is present, walking with us. And this is closeness: the shepherd close to his flock, close to his sheep, whom he knows, one by one.

God weeps with us so that we may one day laugh with him.

The god of compassion is NOT the god of justice.

I wonder maybe if our Lord does not suffer more from our indifference, than He did from the crucifixion.

So that the one road for which we now need God's leadership most of all is a road God, in His own nature, has never walked. But suppose God became a man... He could surrender His will, suffer and die, because He was a man.

Why attack God? He may be as miserable as we are.

Into the woods, my Master went, Clean forspent, forspent, Into the woods my Master came, Forspent with love and shame. But the olives they were not blind to Him, The little gray leaves were kind to Him: The thorn-tree had a mind to Him, When into the woods He came.

The deep meaning of the cross of Christ is that there is no suffering on earth that is not borne by God.

We know how God would act if he were in our place - he has been in our place.

When we offer succor to anyone, the Savior feels it as if we reached out to succor Him.

The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. 'They won't let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.' 'What are you complaining about?' said God. 'They won't let Me in either.

Heavenly Father has perfect foresight, knows each of us, and knows our future. He knows what difficulties we will pass through. He sent His Son to suffer so that He would know how to succor us in all our trials.

If we could all hear one another's prayers, God might be relieved of some of his burdens.

Never forget that God is your friend. And like all friends, He longs to hear what's been happening in your life. Good or bad, whether it's been full of sorrow or anger, or even when you're questioning why terrible things have to happen.

God turns toward the very places from which humans turn away.

we follow One who stood and wept at the grave of Lazarus-not surely, because He was grieved that Mary and Martha wept, and sorrowed for their lack of faith (though some thus interpret) but because death, the punishment of sin, is even more horrible in his eyes than in ours.

A Jesus who never wept could never wipe away my tears.

There is no cross, big or small, in our life which the Lord does not share with us.

Your secret yearnings and tearful pleadings will touch the heart of both the Father and the Son.

Jesus Christ reveals, not an embarrassed God, not a confused God, not a God who stands apart from the problems, but One who stands in the thick of the whole thing with man.

Heaven hears and pities hapless men like me, For sacred ev'n to gods is misery.