Worth Revisiting - We Have Forgotten

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Here is something to ponder and chew on:

Monday Musings - We Have Forgotten

(Originally published May 15, 2017)

When we lose the sense of sin, when we fail to appreciate the eternal value of embracing suffering, when we no longer give any thought to making reparation for our sins and the sins of the world, evil triumphs and souls are lost:


“We moderns shrink from pain; we shun all that can afflict body or mind. We have forgotten that we were saved by the Body’s agony and the Mind’s torture. We have forgotten that the problem of evil was solved by ropes, whips and thorns, by nails that were pounded through the flesh of God and by three hours of anguish such as no other human has or ever will know. 
We have forgotten that pain has a sacred purpose; that all suffering can be and should be sublimated into Sacrifice – His Sacrifice. We have forgotten that we are Christians – members of a Body whose Head is thorn-crowned! We have forgotten that since there is sin, there must be suffering that will atone.”

(From God, A Woman and the Way by Father M. Raymond, O.C.S.O.)

Comments

  1. As I was at th hospital last night standing vigil by the bedside of my sister in law, who is dying...I was reminded of how much suffering we do at the end. We fight for life to the very end...it's a valiant battle.

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  2. May our loving merciful Lord strengthen and comfort you all.

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