Daily Meditations for Those Who Have Taken Up Their Cross
Christ does not explain in the abstract the reasons for suffering, but before all else he says: “Follow me! Come! Take part through your suffering in this work of saving the world, a salvation achieved through my suffering! Through my cross.”
St. John Paul II
As Jesus had made me realize that the Cross was the means by which He would give me souls, the more often it came my way, the more suffering attracted me. -St. Therese of Lisieux The quintessence of love is sacrifice and suffering. Truth wears a crown of thorns. Prayer involves the intellect, the … Continue reading November 14 St. Nicholas Tavelic and Companions
…I now beseech you in behalf of my mother’s sins. Hear me for the sake of him who is the medicine of our wounds, of him who hung upon the tree, of him who now sits at your right hand and makes intercession for us. I know that she was merciful to others and that … Continue reading November 13 St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Amen, amen I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy. When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived; but when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. So you also are now in anguish. But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you. On that day you will not question me about anything. Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.
John 16:20-23
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