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Jesus explains the easiest and most profitable way to suffer.

This morning, as I was all oppressed and in suffering, much more so, because of the privation of my sweet Jesus, after much waiting, I saw Him for just a little and He told me: "My daughter, the true way of suffering is in not looking at whom the sufferings come from, or at that which one suffers, but at the good that must come from those sufferings. This was my way of suffering. I looked neither at the executioners, nor at the suffering, but at the good I intended to do by means of my suffering, also for the very ones who gave Me suffering. And looking at the good that was to come to men, I disregarded everything else, and with intrepidness I followed the course of my suffering. My daughter, this is the easiest and most profitable way to suffer - not only with patience, but with unconquered and courageous heart."  Vol 4. March 19, 1901

 

Reflection:

I think there is a good lesson in the above excerpt for all of us. If we can see a purpose in our sufferings, it will make them more bearable when they come. We however, sometimes may double or treble our sufferings by doing the opposite of what Jesus says, namely by taking our eyes off the good we can do with it and instead putting them on ourselves and on the cause of the sufferings, also we may allow ourselves to be drawn out of Divine Will by hoping our sufferings will end soon. Jesus invites us to be present in our sufferings and to make use of them in the present moment by fusing and using them to console and make reparation to Him. One way I find good is to fuse my breath with His and allow Him to breathe in me in my sufferings. One breath at a time. My breathing is in the present.

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