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.
It is not how much you give that matters. But how much love accompany that giving. Millions maybe given; but without love, what merit does that giving brings? Give then with love, and let that love determine how much you need to give.
Encountering oppositions and criticisms can mean that we have at last taken a stand worthy of our gifts. But what we need to be careful about in facing the strong winds in our lives is the temptation to forget that we stood strong and tall against the elements not on our own strength but through the grace of God that works in us. Forgetting this truth will make the triumph against the wind as meaningless as our fall before it. For either way does not make us closer to the God who loves us endlessly.
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.