At Lourdes, there is a Convent of contemplative Carmelite sisters who offer their lives to win graces for the cures of body and soul for the pilgrims who go there. These nuns never ask any cures for themselves, and accept every illness in exchange for the cure of others. They suffer enormously, and sometimes die prematurely, with the sole purpose of their lives being to do good for others.
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To: Land of the Irish
Further, there are numerous cases of persons who travel long distances, arrive at Lourdes, and witness other persons who are suffering much more than they are and have greater need of being cured. Seeing this, they ask Our Lady to cure those persons instead of themselves. That is, a person voluntarily accepts his suffering for the advantage of another. In my opinion, this is also a miracle. It is the renunciation of one’s own self love for the love of God and neighbor. For a person to renounce human egotism is perhaps a greater miracle than the cures of sicknesses and the conversions.
Great point in a great article!
3 posted on
02/11/2005 5:29:26 PM PST by
Dominick
("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." - JP II)
To: Land of the Irish
St. Bernadette Soubrious, pray for us!
6 posted on
02/11/2005 7:32:42 PM PST by
thor76
(Vade retro, Draco! Crux sacra sit mihi lux !)
To: Land of the Irish
BRAVO !! Excellently written !!
Suffering explained, suffering needed, suffering beared up with, suffering they way that leads to Heaven and sooooo few speak of anymore, a part in the lives of so many, if they but only knew its benefits and OUR LADY, she would lead them along the path in which all would become light.
Our Lady of Lourdes ora pro nobis(pray for us)!
8 posted on
02/13/2005 1:44:29 PM PST by
Rosary
(Pray the Rosary daily)
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