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Category Archives: Suffering
A SUBLIME GRACE
Valjean had experienced only the harsh and dispassionate force of the law, but he was now the victim of a sublime grace at the hands of a merciful and compassionate bishop. The bishop urged him to use the money from the silver to make himself an honest man. Then the bishop anoints him with these words, “Jean Valjean, my brother, you no longer belong to what is evil but to what is good. I have bought your soul to save it from black thoughts and the spirit of perdition, and I give it to God.” Continue reading
Posted in Grace, Movies, Redemption, Suffering, Uncategorized
Tagged Bishop Myriel, Fantine, Javert, Jean Valjean, Les Miserables, redemption
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OPPORTUNITIES IN DIFFICULTIES
“I mean that I am blessed to have the opportunity to experience something that not many other people have the chance to experience. I am blessed to have a challenge that not many others get to have. I am blessed to have the capacity to share my experience with others and have the chance to improve the quality of someone else’s life. I’m blessed to be different.” Aimee Copeland, victim of flesh-eating bacteria that resulted in the amputation of her left leg, right foot, and both hands Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Suffering
Tagged Aimee Copeland, Andy Copeland, flesh-eating bacteria, necrotizing fasciitis
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BEAUTY FROM ASHES
At 2:46 P.M. on Sunday, March 11, horns sounded across the entire island nation of Japan. People everywhere stopped and bowed their heads in a minute of silence. Special ceremonies throughout the country commemorated the devastating disaster that occurred at … Continue reading
GOOD FOR EVIL
“We saw people that were obviously suffering. They felt a great sense of responsibility for what happened. How could we add to their pain displays of anger or anything like that?” Barry Sullivan, father of Declan Sullivan who was killed in a tragic accident at Notre Dame Continue reading
Posted in Character, Forgiveness, Grace, Suffering
Tagged Declan Sullivan, forgiveness, Horizons for Youth, Notre Dame, UpRight campaign
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LOSSES AND QUESTIONS
I spent Sunday evening and Monday morning researching the damage the EF5 tornado did to my hometown of Joplin, Missouri Sunday. Sirens alerted residents of a dangerous situation at 5:11 PM. Twenty minutes later, a tornado, three-fourths of a mile wide, wind velocities over 200 mph, touched down on the southwest side of town and ripped a swath through six miles of residential and business areas. Continue reading
