If we walk through our days in humility, and with a deep desire for union with Jesus, we will stumble through various trials . Hardship can produce a depth of peace and joy not of this world. St. Therese of Lesioux, the Little Flower, learned to embrace her suffering because it was the one thing that she felt associated her most with her Bridegroom. She wrote in her autobiography, The Story of A Soul, "Everything is grace.". Her joy at the hour of her death amazed her fellow Carmelite sisters. This is real. No matter who you are, or what you go through, hidden anxiety, chronic infirmities, cancer, headaches, failed plans, persecution, etc.., these are the various trials St. Peter told the early Christians to rejoice in because of the endurance they produce. In humility, we must will ourselves to keep the cross of Jesus ever before our eyes, especially when they are filled with tears.
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