751 (CROSS/ SORROWS/ TRIALS/ STRENGTH)

 
751 (CROSS/ SORROWS/ TRIALS/ STRENGTH)
 
«Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished. For He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon. They will scourge Him and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.” But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know the things which were spoken» (Luke 18, 31-34).
 
These things, my brethren, happened before Holy Pentecost, i.e. before the disciples received the Holy Spirit.
 
This also happens today:
The Cross of the Lord (His Passion) remains for many a hidden and unknown mystery…
 
Many are even scandalized by the “cross” that the struggling Christians bear, carry with them and endure while others consider as foolishness… nonsense and shame… (1 Cor. 1, 23)
 
But for us, the believers, the Cross and the reproaches (humiliations) of the Lord, i.e the sufferings and persecutions that we Christians suffer, either from men or from the invisible enemy, are the power of God and wisdom!!! (1 Cor. 1:24).
 
Let us not be discouraged, then, my brothers and sisters, by the temptations from within or without, by the trials and tribulations that God’s love may allow to befall us…
This was also happening with the holy martyrs…
 
For us, the poverty, the cross and the humiliations of Christ, to which, by God’s allowance we may be subjected, even the seemingly worldly “victories” of the enemy against us, remain (apart from “God’s power and wisdom”) triumphant and glorious victories!!!
 
Therefore:
 
“Blessed be the name of the Lord, from this day forward and for evermore”.
“Let us stand well, let us stand with God’s fear!”
 
“If God is with us, who can stand against with us?”
 
Let us therefore rejoice always and be strong and mighty in the Lord!!! (Eph. 6:10)
 
Let this be done!
 

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