BEARING THE SUFFERING=THE IMPOSSIBLE CAN STILL HAPPEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

BEARING THE SUFFERING=

(THE IMPOSSIBLE=Can still Happen)

 

We KNOW=from Jesus’ life=death=and RESURRECTION

That he BEARED all the suffering=The world could

THROW AT HIM=and he OVERCAME sin and death

BEARING THE SUFFERING=THE IMPOSSIBLE can

Still happen=as he ROSE from the dead=from

ALL THE SUFFERING!

“BLESSED are=the POOR IN SPIRIT”                                                                                      Matthew 5:3

 

ANOTHER PERSON=who bore the SUFFERING was=

Saint Rita of Cascia=THE SAINT OF THE IMPOSSIBLE=along

With Saint Jude=Saint Rita=LIVED from 1377=to 1447=and

SHE PRAYED=to suffer like Jesus=and she did=She was given

A WOUND=on her forehead=She was given=”THE GIFT OF

A THORN”=for over ten years until her death=She suffered

A VISIBLE WOUND==BEARING THE SUFFERING=but

DOING the impossible

 

“Now if we=are children=then we are heirs=-----Heirs of God

And co-heirs with Christ=if indeed=we SHARE in his SUFFERINGS=

In order=that we=May also share in his glory”                                                                           Romans 8:17

 

“For just as we share=Abundantly in the SUFFERINGS=of Christ

So also our comfort=Abounds through Christ”                                                                 2 Corinthians 1:5

 

“I want to know Christ=--------yes to know=the power

Of the Resurrection=and participation in his SUFFERINGS=

Becoming like him=in his death”                                                                                                           Philippians 3:10

 

Saint RITA of Cascia=KNEW SUFFERING=in her life=and

IN her death=SHE BORE THE SUFFERING=but she is=The Saint

OF THE IMPOSSIBLE

 

Her husband was a CRUEL=and abusive man=from an

ARRANGED MARRIAGE=He was murdered=in a local feud=and

Her TWO SONS=died from diseases=Yet she LIVED with patience

And faith=BEARING THE SUFFERINGS!

 

“He was despised=and rejected=by mankind=A MAN OF SUFFERING

And familiar with pain”                                                                                                                           Isaiah 53:3

 

“The apostles=left the Sanhedrin=Rejoicing because=They

Had been counted=WORTHY OF SUFFERING DISGRACE

For the NAME”                                                                                                                                                    Acts 5:41

 

“Rather join with me=IN SUFFERING=for the gospel=by

The power of God”                                                                                                                                   2 Timothy 1:8

 

Saint Rita=EXPERIENCED=the stigmata of Christ=and

She suffered=THE TRAGEDIES OF LIFE=and so my FRIENDS

 

IF=you are ENDURING SUFFERING=in this world=BEAR it

With Patience=bear it with FAITH=BEARING OUR SUFFERINGS

With Jesus=and Saint Rita=for NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE=for our Lord

Who can DO ALL THINGS=if we BELIEVE

 

IN the names=of saint Rita of Cascia=the SAINT of the IMPOSSIBLE=and Jesus

THE MIRACULOUS SON OF GOD=who PERFORMED miracles=and ROSE from the dead=and

OUR HOLY FATHER GOD!=who makes all things POSSIBLE

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-18-2024

 

 

Ps        INSPIRED=by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti