8 Vol. LVIII, No. 1 Magnificat and we feel that “Yes, it is true, suffering is beneficial for me.” If we feel sweet emotions, it is because we are on the way out of the tribulation. When we are in our trial, there is no sweet emotion, only pain, sadness, incomprehension. The less we understand, the more painful it is. This is the mystery of our redemption, Mysterium fidei. It is salutary, it is our sanctification. Suffering that is accepted turns a sinner into a saint, by a divine decree. God has so decided. Our sin produced all the evils, and God decided that the evils would be our salvation. In this realm, more than anywhere else, we must be wary of our senses. All our faculties can deceive us: intelligence, memory, understanding. When everything is painful, when we can no longer see the horizon, let us apply ourselves to submit entirely to God interiorly, and to adhere. Then, with gratitude, we will praise God, we will bless Him, and we will glorify Him by the fervor of our faith. That is salvation. It is salvation for oneself, salvation for humanity. That is how the world will be saved. This kind of faith has always been indispensable, but now it is more indispensable than ever, because the world is going to enter a time of more intense suffering. Witnesses for God will be needed, people capable of praising and glorifying Him by the adherence of their heart. They will truly be Apostles of Infinite Love because their heart, in every suffering, every difficulty, every darkness, always and in all circumstances, will adore the designs of God. Our Lady of La Salette said in Her appeal to the Apostles of the Latter Times: I am with you and in you, provided that your faith be the light that enlightens you in these days of woe. More than anywhere else, it is in suffering that we must practice faith. And remember: faith is not about feeling, it is not even about understanding. Faith means to adhere to a mystery that is revealed to us, a mystery that is beyond reason. And the more we are overwhelmed, the more we are inundated by all kinds of sufferings, “Behold My Body... Behold My Blood...” Jesus is really present in the Holy Eucharist, MYSTERY OF FAITH! “I have explained to you how I provide for the needs of My creatures, both in general and in particular. What I have shown you is like the vapor of a dewdrop compared to the Ocean. For indeed, I have told you that it is through the mediation of My servants that I will have mercy on the world, and that it is because of their sufferings that I will reform My Bride [the Holy Church]. Truly, each one of them can be called another Christ crucified, since they accept to fulfill His office. My only begotten Son came as the Mediator, to put an end to the war between man and Me, and to reconcile us in peace. He did this by suffering with patience unto the ignominious death of the cross. This is also the work of these crucified ones.” The Eternal Father to St. Catherine of Siena
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