Jesus was a man of sorrows acquainted with grief it says in Is. 53:3 and it dawned on me that I have always understood that to mean that He experienced much grief, but now I see that it may also mean that because of His love for mankind and His great compassion, he is acquainted not only with His own grief but the grief of all. We too, if following closely to Christ, will also grieve for the suffering of our brothers and sisters. This thought was inspired by James Martineau's quote --   

"For am I not thy brother, stricken in thy stripes, and healed in thy rest?"