SUFFERING
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SIN AND ILLNESS
FROM THE VISIONS OF BL. ANNE CATHERINE EMMERICH (1774-1824)
“IN EVERY MALADY, IN EVERY SPECIES OF BODILY INFIRMITY, I SEE A SPECIAL DESIGN OF
GOD. SICKNESS IS A SIGN OF SOME SIN. IT MAY BE HIS OWN OR ANOTHER’S, A SIN OF WHICH
HE MAY BE CONSCIOUS OR NOT, THAT THE SUFFERER HAS TO EXPIATE. OR IT MAY BE A TRIAL
ESPECIALLY PREPARED FOR HIM, WHICH BY PATIENCE AND SUBMISSION TO GOD’S WILL
HE MAY CHANGE INTO CAPITAL
SPEAKING, NO ONE SUFFERS INNOCENTLY, FOR WHO IS INNOCENT, SINCE THE SON OF GOD
HAD TO TAKE UPON HIMSELF THE SINS OF THE WORLD THAT THEY MIGHT BE BLOTTED OUT?
TO FOLLOW HIM, WE ARE ALL OBLIGED TO BEAR OUR CROSS AFTER HIM.”
IT IS INTERESTING THAT A MODERN MYSTIC HEARD SIMILAR DISCRIPTIONS OF SUFFERING
VISION FROM JULY 16, 2011
Those who give Me their will may experience extreme pain and suffering. But each pain and act of suffering rises them up in My Kingdom where their eternal lives will be richly blessed. There are those I created who are not to suffer. They are very few. But they do exist. But for the majority it is through suffering that man is prepared to live eternally with Me. Suffering is not for suffering alone. Suffering is the tool I use to prepare man for the Kingdom I have created for him. That is why Jesus cradled the Cross. It was the tool given to Jesus to redeem the world and show Me, His Father, total obedience, total Love. That is why I ask for those who are suffering to give me their suffering in reparation for their sins and the sins of others. Suffering as modeled by Jesus is the highest form of glory I can receive from mankind. When people turn their suffering over to me, the suffering is used for so much good, not only for the sufferer, but suffering of others. It can end a war, end a drought, end a flood, end an economic crisis, and prevent disasters. Suffering is the currency I have given the world to work in conjunction with Me. That is why the Church tells My people to offer their suffering to God. I use suffering to do good. Suffering and prayer are the tools I have given My people to share in My creation.
Fasting is another tool.
FROM THE VISIONS OF BL. ANNE CATHERINE EMMERICH (1774-1824)
“IN EVERY MALADY, IN EVERY SPECIES OF BODILY INFIRMITY, I SEE A SPECIAL DESIGN OF
GOD. SICKNESS IS A SIGN OF SOME SIN. IT MAY BE HIS OWN OR ANOTHER’S, A SIN OF WHICH
HE MAY BE CONSCIOUS OR NOT, THAT THE SUFFERER HAS TO EXPIATE. OR IT MAY BE A TRIAL
ESPECIALLY PREPARED FOR HIM, WHICH BY PATIENCE AND SUBMISSION TO GOD’S WILL
HE MAY CHANGE INTO CAPITAL
SPEAKING, NO ONE SUFFERS INNOCENTLY, FOR WHO IS INNOCENT, SINCE THE SON OF GOD
HAD TO TAKE UPON HIMSELF THE SINS OF THE WORLD THAT THEY MIGHT BE BLOTTED OUT?
TO FOLLOW HIM, WE ARE ALL OBLIGED TO BEAR OUR CROSS AFTER HIM.”
IT IS INTERESTING THAT A MODERN MYSTIC HEARD SIMILAR DISCRIPTIONS OF SUFFERING
VISION FROM JULY 16, 2011
Those who give Me their will may experience extreme pain and suffering. But each pain and act of suffering rises them up in My Kingdom where their eternal lives will be richly blessed. There are those I created who are not to suffer. They are very few. But they do exist. But for the majority it is through suffering that man is prepared to live eternally with Me. Suffering is not for suffering alone. Suffering is the tool I use to prepare man for the Kingdom I have created for him. That is why Jesus cradled the Cross. It was the tool given to Jesus to redeem the world and show Me, His Father, total obedience, total Love. That is why I ask for those who are suffering to give me their suffering in reparation for their sins and the sins of others. Suffering as modeled by Jesus is the highest form of glory I can receive from mankind. When people turn their suffering over to me, the suffering is used for so much good, not only for the sufferer, but suffering of others. It can end a war, end a drought, end a flood, end an economic crisis, and prevent disasters. Suffering is the currency I have given the world to work in conjunction with Me. That is why the Church tells My people to offer their suffering to God. I use suffering to do good. Suffering and prayer are the tools I have given My people to share in My creation.
Fasting is another tool.
