Quote for the Week

The body is a slave, the soul a sovereign, and therefore it is due to Divine mercy when the body is worn out by illness:  for thereby the passions are weakened, and a man comes to himself:  indeed, bodily illness itself is sometimes caused by the passions.

St. Seraphim of Sarov, quoted in Little Russian Philokalia, Vol. I

Somewhat consoling for those of us with chronic health problems.