Only through suffering, through the Passion, can we advance along the road to sanctity and divine union. There is no other way but the way of the Cross.
the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen once said, "The greatest tragedy on earth is not that there is so many sufferings but rather the greatest tragedy is that there is so much WASTED suffering." Wasted because it is not offered to the Lord. It is not sanctified, It can not be a salvific suffering.
Indeed, many suffering have been wasted because people consider it a curse to ran away from instead of a grace for sanctification of self and of others.
The easiest thing about faith is confessing it before adoring fans that you believe. The most difficult part is the total giving of your life and future to the will of God, fully surrendering to it wherever it may take you whether or not you may have chosen that road or destiny should you had your will followed.
Poverty as a scapegoat for committing crimes is overrated. That also discriminates the poor as being by situation the only potential criminals (everyone are potential criminals). Many sensational crimes involving fortunes to the tune of billions of dollars have been committed in corporate and government worlds by those who will not qualify to our common definition of poverty. If we want to point a finger to the cause of crime, that finger must be directed to the heart of every man, where lies the unseen evil that ferments schemes to take other peoples' lives and properties against their will.
the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen once said, "The greatest tragedy on earth is not that there is so many sufferings but rather the greatest tragedy is that there is so much WASTED suffering."
ReplyDeleteWasted because it is not offered to the Lord. It is not sanctified, It can not be a salvific suffering.
Thanks, Romeo, for dropping by.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, many suffering have been wasted because people consider it a curse to ran away from instead of a grace for sanctification of self and of others.