Daily we should renew our purposes, and stir up ourselves to
greater fervor, as though this were the first day of our conversion; and to
say, “Help me, my God! In this Your holy service; and grant that I may now this
day begin perfect; for that which I have done previously is as nothing.” (CIoC)
S A Yes, if God should give punishment and stripes, it ought to be a matter of thankfulness; because He always does so for our welfare, whatever He permits to happen to us. (CIoC) God likes to take “the lemons in our lives” and make lemonade yet sometimes He does need to discipline us because He loves us and He knows more about us than we know about ourselves and He wants the best for us. Contemplate on how Jesus handled Peter when he cut off the guard’s ear at His arrest and His reconciliation with Peter. What can you learn from Peter’s experience that will help you in your life now? You can discover this story in the biographies of Christ written by Sa...
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