Lent #15:   Troubles

In troubles and hardships,

…in distresses and sleepless nights

(Second Corinthians 6:4-6)

We began Lent thinking of ways to “participate in the sufferings of Christ” (Phil 3:10). Today, in the middle of Lent, by surprise, suffering has come our way. There’s no need to conjure up sufferings. That far off malevolent virus has brought suffering to us. Instead of thinking about how we can participate in His sufferings; we can contemplate how Christ participated in our sufferings. God the eternal Son, entered our troubled world: “born of a woman …to redeem us” (Ga 4:4-5). Jesus participated fully in our earthly troubles. He “empathizes with our weaknesses… and helps us in our time of need” (Hb 4:14-16).