"I have loved you with an everlasting love...And I know the plans I have for you says the Lord"
Jeremiah:29-31
A Truly Profitable Life
May peace be in your soul…. Every other gift which one possesses in this life is vanity just as all other things of the world are vanity. It is wonderful to be alive inasmuch as our true life is the life beyond; otherwise who could bear the burden of this life if there weren’t a prize for suffering, an eternal joy; how could one explain the admirable resignation of so many poor creatures who struggle with life and often die in the breach if it weren’t for the certainty of God’s justice? In the world which has distanced itself from God, there is a lack of peace, but there is also a lack of charity that is true and perfect love. Maybe if all of us listened more to Saint Paul, human miseries would be slightly diminished…. My life is monotonous, but every day I understand better what a grace it is to be Catholic. Poor unlucky those who don’t have a faith: to live without a faith, without a patrimony to defend, without a steady struggle for the truth, is not living but existing. We must never exist but live, because even through every disappointment we should remember that we are the only ones who possess the truth, we have a faith to sustain, a hope to attain: our homeland. And therefore let us banish all melancholy that can only exist when the faith is lost. Human sorrows touch us, but if they are viewed in the light of religion, and thus of self-surrender, they are not harmful but helpful, because they purify the soul of the little and inevitable stains by which we men, due to our wicked nature, dirty ourselves many times. In this holy Lent, let us lift up our hearts and always go forward for the triumph of the reign of Christ in Society. Cordial greetings in Jesus Christ. Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati is a lay Dominican who died at the age of 24 and was dedicated to serving the poor in his native Italy. Comments are closed.
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