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TODAY’S WORD…

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Since He Himself has gone through suffering and testing,

He is able to help us when we are being tested.

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– Hebrews 2:18 (NLT)

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REFLECTION…

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When you are suffering,

being tested, provoked, tempted,

look at Christ on the Cross:

He went through it all.

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Suffering can link a person to Christ in a special and mysterious way.

St. John Paul II tells us:

"In bringing about the Redemption through suffering,

Christ has also raised human suffering to the level of the Redemption.

Thus each man, in his suffering,

can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ."

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Christ also suffered in order to strengthen us and to give us example.

He won for us strength to resist, overcome and bear all in His Name.

We do this with peace and joy in our hearts

as we obey the commandments like He did;

as we love and forgive like He did;

and as we let the Father’s will be done…like He did.

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Those who suffer

and those who undergo trials and sacrifice

should realise that they are understood by Christ.

He will console them

and help them bear affliction.

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QUOTE…

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“You too some day may feel the loneliness of our Lord on the Cross.

If so, seek the support of Him who died and rose again.

Find yourself a shelter in the wounds in His hands, in His feet, in His side.

And your willingness to start again will revive,

and you will take up your journey again

with greater determination and effectiveness"

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– St. Josemaria Escriva

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REPETITIVE PRAYER FOR TODAY…

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Jesus, You went through it all for me.

I want to go through it all for You. Help me, my Lord and my God!

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