Catholic reflections, By Ryan Pinto

(13 year old inspired by God)

Topic: Suffering

Dear brothers and sister Jesus is warning us today about the trials and sufferings which are about to come in our lives, for life on earth is not easy. For to enter the kingdom of heaven you need a ticket to enter, dear brothers and sisters in order for us to get the ticket booked we need to pass the examination of our earthly spiritual life that all the sufferings, trials and problems.

For without the ticket of salvation it is impossible for us to enter the kingdom of God, for if it is like if we want to travel by aeroplane abroad we have to book the ticket first but to book the ticket we need to have passport without passport we cannot travel abroad.

 

In the same way to enter the kingdom the process which God began in our life has to be completed with our complete co-operation with God.

If we are God’s people then we have to seek help of Jesus to give us comfort and to guide us to stand firm against all test, rejection, problems and sufferings.

Jesus said in the bible do not be afraid for I am with you always and everyday do not lose your control of firmness but preserve it and be strong for when you go and preach in my name there will be lot of sufferings and trials but do remember I am with you always until the end of time do not lose hope.

The devil is trying to take us away from God when we go through trials and suffering therefore let us pray every day to God to give us the grace to overcome our sufferings through our faith and let us stick to the process of overcoming the sufferings by remaining faithful till the end and get our passport that is God’s grace to book the ticket of salvation and after we will worthy to enter the aeroplane of righteous which will take us to heaven our real native land and destination.

For the Lord is always with us every day and He will never ever abandon His people. But it is important that what we do and use our freewill for, it matters whether we take right or wrong decision.

 

Dear brothers and sisters let us not waste our free will in the giving up in times of sufferings let us stand firm and try not to run away. For we are warriors and soldiers of Christ’s army for we have to battle boldly for our king Jesus and defeat our enemy that is devil and not run away always like a fool.

For God has given us His Word which will never fail. Let us suffer for Christ for the destined period of time because sufferings will not remain with us forever but it will pass away. For sufferings occur for the purification of the soul so that soul may not have problems after death, for sufferings come sometimes as a test. We are tested by our faith whether we remember God in difficult times or not. Jesus suffered for us so we have to be always grateful and be like Jesus a warrior against the battle of suffering.

 

Dear brothers and sisters let us bear every suffering and when it is unbearable let us surrender it to Jesus who will not only lighten our sufferings but also lead us in the narrow way which will lead to eternal life. Amen.