2 Maccabees, 7
39. Then the king being incensed with anger, raged against him more cruelly than all the rest, taking it grievously that he was mocked.
39. Then the king being incensed with anger, raged against him more cruelly than all the rest, taking it grievously that he was mocked.
“O Senhor nos dá tantas graças e nós pensamos que tocamos o céu com um dedo. Não sabemos, no entanto, que para crescer precisamos de pão duro, das cruzes, das humilhações, das provações e das contradições.” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina