We all have our burdens to bear, but we also have many joys and blessings that come with our suffering. May we be drawn closer to God by focusing on the way life isn't fair to our advantage rather than the disadvantage.

While we all have the same goal of Heaven, how we attain this goal is unique and different. We are made to help each other on the way, but not to compare ourselves to others. Someday we will all be together in Paradise.

God is longing to talk to us in the silence of our hearts, but often we only listen to ourselves and what we want instead of God. How can you hear God better?

Are you living as a child of God or only a follower? As God's children we are called to be both.

“We must be strengthened and refreshed by the Holy Spirit’s consolation, guided by His enlightenment, and fortified by His courage.”-  The Gift of God: the Holy Spirit by Andrew Apostoli, CFR