"And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope." (Romans 5:2b-4, New International Version.)
We who follow Jesus exult in the eschatological divine splendor which will be ours. But more than this, in this life we exult in our present sufferings, because by bearing and enduring them we stand as proof of God’s love and splendor, now and future. By enduring rather than being done in by sufferings, we confess and manifest that greater reality. Thus God transforms our selves, our lives, into signs, into little sacraments, of the present and future reality of divine grace.
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