Prayers & Reflections for December 24

The Armor of God
Reflections and Prayers for Wartime

Chapter IV
Reflections on Prayer

Pain in itself is not unbearable; it is the failure to understand its meaning that is unbearable.

If pain and suffering had no reason, Our Divine Lord would never have embraced it.

By patiently accepting each pain in union with His Cross, we become redeemers with a small "r" as He is a Redeemer with a capital "R."

[Continued tomorrow]
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From:
The Armor of God
Reflections and Prayers for Wartime
by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen
(C) 1943, P.J. Kenedy & Sons