Please pray for my 13 year old son Will who is sick. We've been having quite the run of it lately, with sickness going around and around through the family seemingly non-stop since January.
I find i've everything I could ever need or want in my life thanks to God so I keep thanking Him. Trying to have an attitude of gratitude, as they say.
Thank you. We just got home from the doctor. He has a very swollen tonsil with a bacterial infection, so he's on antibiotics now, but there's a slight chance it could be an abscess...and if that's the case, then it will get bigger and we'll have to take him to the hospital. I'm praying that won't be the case! The poor kid is so scared.
More prayers today, I always remember you in my rosaries. True love is and Truth itself is not about feelings, it is about the Will. A soul can be in Darkest Night and shine like the sun.
The suffering can be terrible at times but trying to persevere and find meaning in it. It can be a real crowning with thorns. I try to offer it up for souls.
Yes, it is pleasing to God to offer it up. Uniting it with Christ's Passion becomes redemptive suffering. Short aspirations are also recommended: Jesus, I trust in You. Jesus and Mary, I love you. Save souls. Jesus and Mary, I commend my soul to you. Jesus, my beloved, my King, my Lord and my Savior, my God and my all, make my heart, mind, and soul a flame of pure love for You. I hope that you are wearing a blessed miraculous medal. In times of interior suffering, kiss the medal and clasp it in your hand while imploring her maternal help. Her Immaculate Heart is our safe refuge.
I keep asking for forgiveness and have confessed everything to the best of my ability. I can't do much more than that. Trying to trust in God's mercy. God works in mysterious ways
Trust. Yes, Peter. That is what we all must do. Padre Pio says our crosses are great gifts. It means the devil is outside looking in and not inside and looking out. He is trying to derail each of us in our weakest areas. Exacerbate our wounds. Praying acts of trust in Jesus is the best way" to stand firm in the evil day."(as St Paul says)
