Comments on: Joy! https://dev.airmaria.com/2011/12/05/joy/ Breathe Freely Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:00:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Marie Bernadette https://dev.airmaria.com/2011/12/05/joy/comment-page-1/#comment-84931 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:00:43 +0000 http://airmaria.com/?p=24556#comment-84931 ‘And now hear the conclusion, Brother Leo. Above all the graces and gifts of the Holy Spirit which Christ gives to His friends is that of conquering oneself and willingly enduring sufferings, insults, humiliations, and hardships for the love of Christ. For we cannot glory in all those other marvelous gifts of God, as they are not ours but God’s, as the Apostle says: ‘What have you that you have not received?’ But we can glory in the cross of tribulations and afflictions, because that is ours, and so the Apostle says: ‘I will not glory save in the Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ.'”

How ironic that I should e-mail someone earlier today about suffering and joy never being inseparable. Then I read this saying by St Francis.
Please, those of you who read the AirMaria postings, keep my little disabled son in your prayers. He has a cyst on his brain, and breaking through his seizure medication. I love him dearly. He has never uttered a word in 21 years, but he brings me more happiness than anything in the physical world. I thank God that he is my son. 🙂
God bless you for your prayers.

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