February 21
“Suffering does not redeem simply because it is suffering... Suffering does not necessarily help at all; it does not necessarily unite us to God, in fact it can separate from Him. Suffering can make us bitter, cynical, cruel; it can drive us to despair. What matters to us is not that we suffer, or that we suffer a little or a lot, but that Christ suffers in us. Not that our lives are small or are lived on a heroic scale, but that they are lived by Christ in us...”
-Caryll Houselander
Today’s Reflection:
Are you allowing suffering to harden your heart, or are you inviting Christ to live and suffer within you? What practices of prayer, surrender, or silence might help you foster the life of Christ in your soul, so that even suffering becomes a place of healing?
