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Trust Through Suffering
Some lives end after long suffering. Some deaths come hard. These readings do not pretend otherwise. Job's "I know that my Vindicator lives" rises out of catastrophic loss. Lamentations names the depths before turning to hope. Psalm 42 thirsts for God like a deer panting for streams of water. Romans 8 acknowledges that "the whole creation groans in labor pains." Choose from this list when the family needs Scripture that meets them in the truth of what they are bearing.
Readings on this theme
- First Reading (Old Testament)Job 19:1, 23-27aI know that my Vindicator lives
- First Reading (Old Testament)Lamentations 3:17-26It is good to hope in silence for the saving help of the Lord
- Responsorial PsalmPsalm 42:2-5; 43:3-5My soul is thirsting for the living God
- Second Reading (New Testament)Romans 8:14-23We also groan within ourselves as we wait for the redemption of our bodies