suffer much for God's sake, and it's true that I still desire this ... All I wrote about my desires for suffering. Oh! it's true just the same! And I am not sorry for delivering myself up to Love. Oh! no, I'm not sorry; on the contrary! Likewise, Padre Pio said the following about the purification brought about through redemptive suffering:"I want your soul to be purified and tried by a daily hidden martyrdom. How many times," Jesus said to me a little while ago, "would you have abandoned me, my son, if I had not crucified you." Reformed Christianity In Reformed theology, "redemptive suffering is that voluntarily undertaken in the cause of justice and the effort to combat disease." See also Atonement Confraternity of penitents :fr:Dolorisme Instruments of penance Mystici Corporis Roman Catholic theology Salvifici doloris Victim soul References Catholic penitential practices Christian terminology Suffering