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Thursday, February 16, 2012

GRACE COMES AFTER TRIBULATION

Our Lord and Savior lifted up his voice and said with incomparable majesty: "Let all men know that grace comes after tribulation. Let them know that without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. Let them know that the gifts of grace increase as the struggles increase. Let men take care not to stray and be deceived. This is the only true stairway to paradise, and without the cross they can find no road to climb to heaven." When I heard these words, a strong force came upon me and seemed to place me in the middle of a street, so that I might say in a loud voice to people of every age, sex and status: "Hear, O people; hear, O nations. I am warning you about the commandment of Christ by using words that came from his own lips: We cannot obtain grace unless we suffer afflictions. We must heap trouble upon trouble to attain a deep participation in the divine nature, the glory of the sons of God and perfect happiness of soul." -- St. Rose of Lima

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Prayer

O most sweet Jesus, who came into this world to give to all souls the life of your grace, and who, to preserve and increase it in them, willed to be the daily remedy of their weakness and the food for each day, we humbly beseech you, by your heart so burning with love for us, to pour your divine Spirit upon all souls in order that those who have the misfortune to be in the state of mortal sin may, returning to you, find the life of grace that they have lost. Through this same Holy Spirit, may those who are already living by this divine life devoutly approach your divine table every day when it is possible, sot that, receiving each day in Holy Communion the antidote of their daily venial sins and each day sustaining in themselves the life of your grace and thus ever purifying themselves the more, they may finaly come to a happy life with you. Amen.

-- Pope St. Pius X

A servant of Jesus Christ, set apart for the gospel of God concerning his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 1: 1 - 7).

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need (Hebrews 4:16).

Everything indeed is for you, so that the grace bestowed in abundance on more and more people may cause the thanksgiving to overflow for the glory of God (2 Corinthians 4:15).

Quotes

If only mortals would learn how great it is to possess divine grace, how beautiful, how noble, how precious. How many riches it hides within itself, how many joys and delights! No one would complain about his cross or about troubles that may happen to him, if he would come to know the scales on which they are weighed when they are distributed to men. -- St. Rose of Lima

It is only by sacrifice and suffering, offered as penance, that you will be able, by the grace of God, to convert sinners. -- St. John Vianney

Do not get what you deserve but trust and claim the scandalous grace of God. Put yourself under His mercy, grace and generosity. For sure, He will give you much more than what you deserve. -- Feast Talk on Scandalous Grace

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

GRACE COMES AFTER TRIBULATION

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