(A Daily Reflection on
Divine Mercy)
Many people enjoy excellent
health while others do not. Some
experience great physical discomfort in life due to infirmity or old age. Though many look for ways to alleviate this
physical discomfort, it must be said that these pains offer an opportunity for
grace. First, much grace is won in the
life of the person suffering when that suffering is freely embraced. Grace can also be won for the lives of others
when physical suffering is offered as a prayer for their good. The way this grace is won is not so much by
the suffering itself; rather, it is won through the free choice to embrace that
suffering as a sacrifice. This denial of
one’s own will becomes an open door to the storehouse of Mercy in Heaven. God smiles upon these physical sacrifices and
especially upon the free choice of their embrace. Do not hesitate to allow your physical pains
and discomfort to be turned into the Mercy of God for you and for others (See
Diary #1428).
Do you have physical pain or
discomfort in your life? If so, it is
normal to look for ways to alleviate it.
But reflect upon this deep spiritual truth that your suffering can be
transformed into grace. If you doubt
this, just look at the Cross. The
physical pain our Lord endured may not have matched His interior suffering, but
it was part of His perfect Will to offer His physical pain to the Father for
the redemption of the world. Do not
doubt the value of your free embrace of every pain and discomfort. Give it to God and you will be blessed as
others are blessed through this offering.
Lord,
I do offer to You, this day, all the pain and discomfort I feel now and will
feel in the future. Help me to embrace
this suffering with a free embrace. I
choose it, dear Lord, and make it my offering to You so that You can transform
it into Your Mercy. Jesus, I trust in
You.
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