Only faith can keep what hope promises. - Adrienne von Speyr

It became increasingly evident to me that God ordains times of illness so that they can be a time of inner recollection for those who are afflicted by them, an opportunity to recognize better what is going wrong in their lives, to take stock of their daily lives from the distant perspective of a hospital stay, to gain a clearer view of their problems and thereby become better able to master them. To this end discussion is important, which means that the physician ought to be a person of prayer who always has at hand a full supply of possibilities to help.

If there were just one possibility—either to do the good or to combat evil—man would have to opt for the first.

Suffering without faith would be like love without hope.