I wrote two homilies for Friday, March 31 2017, Friday of the 4th week of Lent. Here is the second homily:
“When the just cry out, the LORD hears them, and from all their distress he rescues them. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; and those who are crushed in spirit he saves.” We hear these words in Psalm 34 today.
“When the just cry out, the LORD hears them, and from all their distress he rescues them. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; and those who are crushed in spirit he saves.” We hear these words in Psalm 34 today.
No matter who we are, no matter what our career or social status or reality of life, our lives will have trials and tribulation, challenges and hurts. Some of these may be trivial that we can shake off quickly. Others can break our hearts. Sometimes, our lives can seem full of ups and downs, of overwhelming circumstances that never seem to end. Out of our faith we cry out to the Lord for help. God hears our prayers. Sometimes a kind word or an act of generosity helps us to cope. Sometimes it does seems like our prayers are answered.
“Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but peace in difficulties.” Those are the words of reassurance from the famous Christian author C S Lewis. Our prayers will not solve all of our problems. Our prayer life and our faith will not cancel out any calamities or infirmities that may befall us. But God will help us endure.
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