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Author: o. Pio,
“Do not ask why you are suffering; do not seek the answer (to this question), but go resolutely forward. Jesus will not allow any harm to come to you or allow you to perish, so long as you do not become engrossed in yourself and linger over your decisions. So, hold your head high! Though the world turn upside down, though darkness cover everything, and the world be ablaze and in chaos, nothing should fill your soul with anxiety, for God is with you and His strength will hold you up in battle…” “Let us remember that suffering is the lot of chosen souls. We must bear it like Christians. God, the giver of every grace and gift leading to salvation, ordains it. It is the requirement, the condition of glory. And so, let us lift up our hearts and trust in God alone. Let us humble ourselves beneath the powerful hand of God. Let us accept in obedience to His will every suffering, to which He, the tender Father, wills to subject us, that He may exalt us in the hour of His visitation. May our one concern be to ‘love God and be pleasing to Him in all things,’ worrying about nothing, for we must know that God will always watch over and care for us, more than we could ever imagine it.” Padre Pio da Pietrelcina; Epistolario, vols. 1-4, edited by Frs. Melchior da Pobladura & Alessandro da Ripabottoni, San Giovanni Rotondo, 1973-1974. The above article was published with permission from "Love One Another!" in June 2016. Read more Christian articles (English)
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