Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
Praised be Jesus Christ
In our first reading from the book of Sirach, we see that
God is all just
He always repays us for good works
And does so to the seventh degree
That is, to the perfect degree
In the Jewish mentality, we know that seven was a perfect number
And what can be more perfect than the abundant generosity of God
And what can be more perfect than the abundant generosity of God
And what can be more perfect than the abundant generosity of God
Who towards us for the little that we do for Him in comparison
I know some people may be thinking that
They don't see the rewards
That all they have is suffering and sickness and pain and sorrow in their lives
And children who have
And children who have
Left the faith
But even these
Are great blessings
And can make great saints out of us
If we didn't have these trials
Would we be praying as much as we do?
Would we have the opportunity to think of God
And realize just how dependent we are on Him
And realize just how dependent we are on Him
So anyway our sufferings
And our problems
Will nourish us
We would be praying in faith
And we would do anything we can
To bless Him
So even our sufferings
Our heartaches, our headaches
Our backaches
Any sorrow or pain
Can be united to the suffering of Jesus we know
And offered to our heavenly father
And He will reward that abundantly
And we may not even see that in our lifetime make you
conversion of sinners on the other side of the world
that we'll never know about.
Yet we know, even from the gospel,
Jesus says those who leave everything
receive a hundredfold.
So the greater the sacrifice,
the greater the cross, the greater the trial,
the greater the graces.
So let us thank God
for his abundant generosity toward us.