- "Offering it up" doesn't make "it" go away.
- "Offering it up" doesn't make "it" not painful.
The point of offering up suffering is to transcend it, not end it.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Offer it up
A priest mentioned to me recently a couple of important things about the theology of "offering it up," something that many people in my situation do.
The point of offering up suffering is to transcend it, not end it.
The point of offering up suffering is to transcend it, not end it.
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Very well said. Thanks, there are a few good homilies in there!
Excellent points. Thanks. There are a few good homilies in there!
The point of offering up suffering is to transcend it, not end it.
But it seems to me that surrender to God's will would not exclude allowing Him to alleviate or end it, if it was His will.
Thank you for your post, it has been a tiring day for me...I know what causes me stress, it's to feel excluded from male office mates light banter...
God help me to bear the cross of SSA. God help me to process my insecure feelings of my masculinity during stressful times, transcend this cross and to find consolation in the small good things happening in my life
God bless you. Sometimes I feel like "Anonymous" as well.
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