Nobody likes to suffer and yet if you are human there is no way to get through this life without suffering. Thank you Adam and Eve! But the story does not have to end here. Jesus turned things around and God has given us Mary, the new Eve who said yes to all of God’s divine plans. We too must say yes Lord, your will be done.
Jesus takes suffering and purifies it, redeems it, and redeems us. And if we enter our suffering united with Jesus on the Cross, we find a renewed strength, a renewed sense of hope. Yes, at times we are like Mary desolate at the foot of the Cross hoping for mercy and wondering what is God’s divine plan in our lives. This is where trust enters in and transforms us, allowing us to surrender always to His Divine Will. I did not say it would be easy, but if we keep our eyes fixed on our redeemer on the Cross, we will find the strength to carry our individual cross, no matter how heavy it may seem.
So this week and for the rest of Lent, let us seek the Lord and renew our hope. From Psalm 105: Let the hearts that seek the Lord rejoice, turn to the Lord and his strength, and constantly seek his face.
In your mercy, please continue to pray for my niece Hayley, who is battling stage 4 brain cancer last month and has been in a coma since March 13th. Yesterday, she was taking off the ventilator and is breathing on her own. Doctors told my brother she would never breathe on her own as there was too much damage to her brain. God has shown them otherwise. God in your infinite mercy, we claim a full and complete healing through the intercession of Sr. Clare Crockett-All or Nothing! Jesus we trust in you, take care of everything.
Sr. Clare Crockett, in union with the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, please grant Hayley a compete and totally healing!
Thank you all for praying with me, my brother, and his family!
Hayley and her family are always in my prayers.
Peace to you, dear friend!
Thank you!