God Wastes Nothing

God wastes nothing!
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2 Corinthians 1:3-7
For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we
share abundantly in comfort too. If we are afflicted, it is for your
comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort,
which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that
we suffer. Our hope for you is unshaken; for we know that as you share
in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.


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The simple obvious "solution" to evil is to simply never allow it to
happen. This seems wisest to us, yet for his own profoundly mysterious
reasons, God has disagreed with us and chosen to conquer evil, not by
annihilating it, but by making even evil the paradoxical servant of God
and by thereby ennobling those who have endured it with the same glory
as his Son. At the heart of the Christian faith is the mystery of the
cross and of redemptive suffering. Even God himself has suffered evil.
But in so suffering he has more than merely defeated evil, he has made
it the occasion of good that makes death itself a door into heaven and
not just a hole in the ground. It is a mystery that is literally
beyond words. If you are bearing your cross today, know that through it you
are being made, in the darkest and most impenetrable mystery of the
universe, an agent of God's power and work in the world for the salvation
of others. In the light of the cross, nothing-not even suffering-is
wasted.

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Just a Word of Encouragement
from Mark Shea & Jeff Cavins

It is an honor and a pleasure to share with you our recently produced
two-minute flash movie tribute to our Catholic Faith, "Proud to Be
Catholic." Enjoy the presentation -- and please be sure to forward it to
your family and friends!
Proud to be Catholic