Suffering is beyond our understanding so I recommend offering it to God and ask God to bless our suffering and make good come for it!

Upon first reading about Job, we would not be inclined to rush out and invite him to dinner.  Job said, “Is not man’s live on earth a drudgery?”  “I shall not see happiness again.”  If today you found out that you were going to lose all of your material possessions, what would you do, how would you react?          

That is some of what Job lost and part of the reason for his gloom.

To be sure Job lost more important parts of his life: his children and friends. 

Today spend some time reflecting on suffering!  Suffering is a profoundly difficult human problem to deal with, to comprehend!

Why is there suffering if God is all loving, all good and all-powerful?

Why does anyone suffer?

Why does God permit suffering?

Well, I don’t know!

You and I will not fully understand the why of suffering until we arrive at our eternal reward.  Eugene Kennedy said, “Heartbreak is impossible unless there is great love.  Without love, sorrow & tears would disappear.”

But Why?                                       

Our loving God and Creator sent us His Son, who showed us how

to live and part of living here on earth includes handle suffering.  When Jesus suffered, He offered His suffering to God the Father

and it was anointed by the Holy Spirit.

You and I are called to do the same and trust me it is not easy.

Bishop Barron shared this insight, during the storm, Jesus’ disciples cried out to the Lord in desperation: "Lord, save us! We are perishing!"   This is a de profundis prayer.  Do you know the de profundis prayer?

It comes from Psalm 130: "Out of the depths, I have cried to you, O Lord. O Lord, be attentive to the voice of my pleading." 

It is the prayer offered at the darkest times of life, when we feel utterly incapable of helping ourselves.

When we suffer or when one of our loved one suffers we know what it is to cry out to the Lord, may we, also, experience the Lord’s healing.

May God Be Praised!