Is pain not always evil?

          A blessing is efficacious and lasting if the souls of men are faithful to the Law of God and to My doctrine. Otherwise, its grace-giving ceases. And it is only fair. Because if it is true that God grants sunshine and fresh air to the good and to the bad, that they may live, and that they may become better if they are good, and they may be converted if they are bad, it is also just that the Father’s protection should turn elsewhere as a punishment for the wicked, to remind them of God, by means of some pain. « Is pain not always evil? » No, My friend. It is evil from a human point of view, but from a supernatural one, it is good. It increases the merits of just people, who accept it without despairing or rebelling and they offer it, as they offer themselves with resignation, as a sacrifice to expiate their own imperfections and the faults of the world, and it is a redemption for those who are not good. « It is so difficult to suffer! » says the farmer, who has been joined by his relatives, about ten people in all, adults and children. I know that man finds it difficult. And knowing that he would find it so difficult, the Father had not given His children any sorrow. It came with sin. But how long does sorrow last on the earth? in the life of a man? A short time. It is always short, even if it lasts a whole lifetime. Now I say: is it not better to suffer for a short time rather than forever? Is it not better to suffer here than in Purgatory? Consider that time there is multiplied a thousand times to one. Oh! I solemnly tell you: you ought not to curse pain, but bless it, and you should call it “grace” and “mercy”.

– Adaptation of an excerpt from ‘The Poem of the Man-God’ [MVV1C83P265]