“It’s to feel the contemporary situation at the ultimate level. I think that the Church is the only thing that is going to make the terrible world we are coming to endurable; the only thing that makes the Church endurable is that it is somehow the body of Christ and that on this we are fed. It seems to be a fact that you have to suffer as much from the Church as for it but if you believe in the divinity of Christ, you have to cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it.” Flannery O’Connor (Habit of Being)
Just to emphasize:
“It seems to be a fact that you have to suffer as much from the Church as for it but if you believe in the divinity of Christ, you have to cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it.”
Gee, I wonder why I am thinking about suffering from the Church. Still, this puts this into contextual reality. I will focus on gratitude to God.
Earlier today I read this from Brant Pitre.
“In fact, the word “patience” (Latin patientia) comes from the same root as “suffer” (Latin pati).”
From: Introduction to the Spiritual Life (p. 192)
