There is a beautiful verse in the first reading for Mass today, from the book of Job. He is talking about how mighty and powerful God is, and his descriptions of God are almost like poetry: “He commands the sun, and it rises not; he seals up the stars. He alone stretches out the heavens and treads upon the crests of the sea.”
September, 2016
Salvific Suffering: Making Suffering Useful
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Could we pass the test of Job?
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