Trust Him when darkest thoughts assail thee; trust Him when thy faith is small; trust Him when to trust is the hardest thing of all.
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"No matter how heavy your cross, if you just say,
'Lord, I'm having a hard time bearing this, I fail often, I want to be
like you. I fail often but I shall try again.' You know that prayer pleases God." (Mother Angelica)
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From Pope Benedict XVI - "Father - with this word
I express my certainty that someone is there who hears me, who never
leaves me alone, who is always present. I express my certainty that
God, despite the infinite difference between him and me, is such that I
can speak to him, may even address him familiarly as "thou" (German du).
His greatness does not overwhelm me, does not reject me as
insignificant and unimportant. Certainly I am subject to him as a child
is subject to his father, yet there is such a fundamental similarity
and likeness between him and me, yes, I am so important to him, I belong so closely to him,
that I can rightly address him as "Father". My being born is not a
mistake, then, but a grace. It is good to live even though I do not
always perceive it. I am wanted; not a child of chance or necessity,
but of choice and freedom. Therefore I shall also have a purpose in
life; there will always be meaning for me, a task designed just for me,
there is a conception of me that I can seek and find and fulfill. When the school of life becomes unbearably hard, when I would like to cry out as Job did, as the psalmist did - then I can transform this cry into the word "Father" and the cry will gradually become a word, a reminder to trust, because from the Father's perspective it is clear that my distress, yes, my agony, is part of the greater love for which I give thanks."
