THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING ALWAYS.

Dear brethren in Christ,  I would like to share this quote from St. Josemaria as I’m sure it would help us be more grateful to God.

It is easy to understand why we should thank God for the good things we have received from Him. But why thank God for the physical evils (physical pain, calamities, illness, defects etc.)?

Why? These realities surely cause us to suffer and at times in an intense manner, but let us not forget that God Himself suffered when He sent His Only-Begotten Son to save us and suffer His Passion and Death on the Cross, and continues to suffer when man rejects Him, offends Him, ignores Him and drives Him away from his life.

But God, through His immense sufferings due to the offenses committed against Him takes advantage of them to show us and bring out His Infinite Love, Patience, Mercy and Goodness, every ready to receive us when we repent and above all sending us His Only-Begotten Son to die for us to redeem us. On the Cross, He teaches us that His sufferings are a source of many blessings, above all, the greatest good of our salvation and happiness, and from the Cross we could learn as well to accept suffering as He did for from it a lot of good could arise (sorrow and pain converted into prayer, opportunity for others to bring out the good in them, their generosity, mercy, solidarity, charity, friendship, compassion…). It depends on one’s attitude: in the end, on one’s unwavering Faith on God’s Love and Mercy convinced that “for those who love God all things work together unto the good (Rom 8:28).”

 

Fr. Rolly Arjonillo, priest of Opus Dei, Catholics striving for Holiness. Do us the kind favor to like our FB page so we could reach and help more people in their Catholic faith. Thanks and God bless!

 

SEE AS WELL:

ON GRATITUDE AND HUMILITY in http://wp.me/p6k7Mv-1EQ

 

AUDIO CREDIT AND SOURCE: AUDIO CREDIT AND SOURCE: Jesu Rex Admirabilis (Palestrina) rendition by Coro Montecastello di Parma directed by Giacomo Monica in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjsK-NJqsRs

 

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