R.M.P Marotta Long Island

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To speak of taking up our cross does not mean deliberately seeking or celebrating suffering for its own sake. Rather it means purposeful and freely chosen suffering. It means enduring patiently and kindly the faults and shortcomings, real or imagined, of others around us: our spouses, our children, our relative and friends, our co-workers and all others. It means speaking the truth in love, practicing compassion and understanding, and being peacemakers in the world. It means at times suffering unjustly and patiently for Christ, without complaint. It means silently forgiving wrongful acts or hurtful words against us, and praying for those who offend us within our hearts, so as to achieve God’s loving purposes for all of us.