Think about what your cross is every day
Truly we know neither the day nor the hour, and nothing is more certain than death. Therefore, we have to redeem the time. How? By a living faith, by daily practising humility, that is, constantly renouncing our own wishes, good plans or intentions. Let us not stick to our own opinion, but bring everything to light, and humble ourselves every time we act spontaneously on our own. However, when others do something wrong, we should not condemn them but, again, humble ourselves in spirit: “Lord, I am twice as bad. I’ve made the same or even greater mistake so many times. And mine was a banal one that this person would never make.” Let us accept the concrete hardships as a cross to carry. Every day we should take a few moments to reflect on what our cross is – not abstract but concrete. Mostly it is a matter of the psyche – moods, fears, feelings of resentment, our ideas that cannot be implemented for now and must be given up, etc. We have to accept the situation and the conditions as they are and not dream of what-ifs… Let us make the most of particular situations by faith.
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