It is a blessed effect, then, of sorrow which God appoints for ourselves, 

that it makes us take note of sorrows which others are enduring. 

And if it make us look to Christ's poor with a more tender regard, with a deep and more brotherly affection than hitherto; it is, at the same time, a sign that we are growing in acquaintance and in communion with Him.

— 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐦𝐲𝐭𝐡,