“Does Love Always Have To Hurt?”  Only when fruiting.

Image: Christ Carrying the Cross

“Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is no quest without pain, there is no lover who is not also a martyr. Hence it is inevitable that he who would love so high a thing as Wisdom should sometimes suffer hindrances and griefs.”—Bl Henry Suso, OP

(reblogged from signum-crucis, with adds)

(Source: alanphipps.blogspot.com)