We may not fully understand why suffering has to be, but its sting is removed by the one shining fact which we do know – God himself has shared it with us, and thereby has made us whole.

Reference

Unknown author, 7th Century, Conditor alme siderum; translated from Latin to English by John M. Neale, J.M. 1852. Available from: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/c/r/e/crestars.htm (Accessed 01 March 2017) (Internet).