expression.
A “Masochist” suffers only for the sake of suffering and nothing more. A “Sadist” rejoices in the
suffering of others! A Stoic strives with all of the energy in his will to eliminate all ways and manners of suffering.
suffering so that when suffering does visit me— and it will sooner or later—it will not transform me into a bitter person but rather into a much better person!
suffering, is its relation to Mass and Calvary. At every celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Jesus offers Himself as the spotless Victim for the salvation of the world. To maximize to the fullest extent possible the value of our suffering, we must place it on the altar in the Sacrifice of the Mass. At the moment of Consecration, when the Body of Jesus is being elevated on high to God the Father, we should place our sufferings on the paten beside Jesus. Then when we receive Holy Communion, offering our sufferings to Jesus and with Jesus, countless graces and blessings will flow upon you, your family, the Church as well as the whole world. God the Father will see you on the cross with His Beloved Son in whom He is well-pleased!
sufferings—physical, emotional, family, economic, moral, or even spiritual— why not turn to Our Lady of Sorrows and place all in her Immaculate Heart. Through her powerful prayers she will turn
your thorn into a rose, storm into rainbow, death into life, and Good Friday into the Glory of the Risen Lord Jesus!
Jesus with the firm conviction and limitless hope that suffering united with Jesus purifies, elevates, ennobles, and sanctifies. If done in this way suffering will not make us bitter individuals but better! “We adore you O Christ and we bless you because by your cross you have redeemed the world.”