Face your suffering by carrying your cross with dignity and honor. In this way meaning is given to pain. Christ carried His cross and died with dignity. Instead of cursing His persecutors He blessed them from the cross. Rather than saving Himself He was interested in saving others.
This is a lesson for us. When we carry our crosses with dignity, it has a profound impact on people. Others observe our struggles (often unknowingly to us) and are changed by the attitude we take. This can be the most powerful way for a Christian to evangelize.
We must pray always for the strength to persevere in grace by spending time in a church before the Blessed Sacrament just as Jesus did before His passion.
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