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It’s not the suffering but rather the mentality that the suffering is some kind of barometer of how much God loves us.

THAT is what is twisted.

271 posted on 09/16/2013 12:00:04 PM PDT by metmom ( For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)

It’s not the suffering but rather the mentality that the suffering is some kind of barometer of how much God loves us...THAT is what is twisted.
He loves us all it is true, and everyone suffers in one way or another anyway, but not everyone desires to be a saint; they do receive more suffering... and what's more, they joyfully take it, announcing "bring it on."

Haven't you ever heard a strong Catholic family say (when yet another seemingly unbearable pain is placed upon one of them), "Christ must really love you."

It is not twisted IMO. It is Love.

298 posted on 09/16/2013 4:54:41 PM PDT by mlizzy (If people spent an hour a week in Eucharistic adoration, abortion would be ended. --Mother Teresa)