A Consoling Thought on This Sunday During Our Glorious Easter Season
Our glorious Easter Season continues with this consoling thought from Father John Grou. He begins with St. Paul, then makes sure we get the consoling thought behind the great saint's words in Cornithians: “Listen to the words of St. Paul – it is to you he speaks: God is faithful, he says; He will not suffer you to be tempted above that which you are able to bear; but will, with the temptation, also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it. (1 Cor. 10: 13) “Weigh well these words, for they will fill you with consolation and confidence in the midst of the hardest trial. God is faithful: He owes it to Himself, He owes it to His own promises, He owes it to his love for you, to succor you in any danger that threatens your soul. His glory is interested in helping you, because sin is an offence against Himself. He knows that you can do nothing without Him, and that you will most certainly fall if He abandons you. If He failed you in these critical moments He would not be Him...
