Therese
I’ve been going through a lot these past months. At night I sleep with St. Therese’ reliquary next to my bed. I simply ask her to pray for me - nothing else. Today, when I visited Roman Catholic Blog, I saw this post, and it seemed it came straight from Little Therese herself:
Seven Disguises In Which God Frequently Sends His Graces
In the disguise of ingratitude from friends.
In the disguise of being misunderstood.
In the disguise of failure.
In the disguise of being dishonored.
In the disguise of sickness.
In the disguise of poverty.
In the disguise of our daily work.
Our Lord isn’t anxious for us to suffer so let’s not complain to Him any more than is necessary! He sees us in our misery and looks forward to our final victory. If we could only appreciate the great work He’s doing in preparing these crosses for us. - St. Thérèse of Lisieux
“The suffering endured for God are the greatest proof of our love for Him” - Saint Alphonsus Ligouri - Roman Catholic Blog
January 22nd, 2007 at 8:28 pm
Thanks for these excellent reminders.
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:44 pm
Words to remember! If only it were that easy.
January 23rd, 2007 at 10:35 am
This reminds me of this post by Fr. Z.
http://wdtprs.com/blog/2007/01/st-vincent-deacon-and-paradig m-of-modern-martyrs/
The martyrs are a great source of strength for me. If only the Church and her Militant still had that bravery and intensity again. We have become soft and shun suffering, forgetting how wonderful suffering is.