19th Sunday afer Pentecost Thoughts About How All Things Are In The Hands of God
On this 19th Sunday after Pentecost, we continue with our mini-series on the Sense of Providence. Last time our spiritual guide began with "darkness." We've likely all known this darkness - when everything seems "black." It could be events that have occurred, some serious physical illness or ongoing disability, a spiritual dryness that devolves into discouragement even despair that we are making any progress in our spiriitual life. Blackness comes in many colors. Learning to understand that God loves us, that He is looking out for us was our first step in freeing ourselves from this dark state. In this, we learn to trust in His Providence. Today we begin with something that sits behind all this: all things are in the hand of God. We'll see - the role of suffering in His Plan for us and for those around us - how the saints reacted to their own suffering, and why they consider it a privilege to suffer - the critical importance of learning to live in the Pr...