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Our Lenten Prayer: 15 Things To Do When Suffering!

by | Mar 27, 2011 | Home, Previous Blog, Suffering

A few weekends ago, I gave a talk on the meaning of suffering at St. Odelia’s in Shoreview, MN. I ended the talk with fifteen things you can do to ensure that your suffering is not wasted but joined to Christ, thus becoming powerful. I pray that your lent will be an experience unlike any other year and you will come to know the love that is hidden in suffering.

1.Understand that we have been called to participate in the redemption of the world. Col. 1:24; Rom. 8:28

2.Entrust yourself to God. 1 Peter 4:19

3.Unite your will with the will of Christ through prayer. Matthew 26:39

4.Realize that Jesus will not allow you to go through something that you can’t handle. 1 Cor. 10:13

5.Embrace the suffering, conscious of the fact that God’s grace is available, active and effective. 2 Cor. 12:9

6.Go to confession. Focus on eliminating sin, which weakens your relationship with Jesus. Hebrews 12:1

7.Participate on the paten during Mass. Offer you suffering up to God. CCC 1350

8.Avoid illegitimate suffering. Do not draw attention to yourself. Matthew 6:5-6

9.Think of others and offer your suffering for them. 1 Cor. 1:6

10.Actively love by doing what is right according to your vocation. CCC 518,1604

11.Pray the Rosary – Walk the passion of Christ with Our Lady. Concerning the rosary, remember “it beats the rhythm of human life…” Pope John Paul II

12.Study the Saints, many of them suffered and overcame great obstacles. CCC 313, 828, 1195

13.Rejoice that you can share in the redemption of the world. 1 Peter 4:13

14.Keep an eternal perspective. Ecc. 3:11; Matt. 6:19-20; Rom. 8:17

15.Trust God for the fruit of your suffering. 1 Cor. 3:7-8; Heb. 11:26

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