Suffering – A Plinian Explanation and Learning to Suffer

The myth of earthly happiness without suffering is, for Dr. Plinio, one of the greatest causes of contemporary psychological imbalances. Only the Catholic view of suffering can fully comfort the human soul.
Wise Advice for Attaining Holiness

When he wrote a memorandum on the spiritual life around 1940, Dr. Plinio made some useful comments which, far from being mere abstract rules, are the result of his own experiences in the midst of his interior battles along the path to sanctity.