During his daily morning Mass, Pope Francis talked about suffering. He said that the plight of persecuted Christians should make everybody think twice before complaining.
POPE FRANCIS
'Our life is too easy, our complaints are overdramatized. Faced with the complaints of so many people, of so many brothers and sisters who are in the dark, who have almost lost all memory, almost lost all hope â?? who are experiencing this exile from themselves, who are exiled, even from themselves - nothing!
Pope Francis compared persecuted Christians to Job, who stayed loyal to God despite the difficulties.
He also explained that every Christian faces moments of darkness, and that they should pray for those who are going through hard times.
SUMMARY OF THE POPE'S HOMILY
(Source: Vatican Radio)
'Is it blasphemy when Jesus complains - 'Father, why have You forsaken meâ??? This is the mystery. I have often listened to people who are experiencing difficult and painful situations, who have lost a great deal or feel lonely and abandoned and they come to complain and ask these questions: Why? Why? They rebel against God. And I say, 'Continue to pray just like this, because this is a prayer'. It was a prayer when Jesus said to his father: 'Why have You forsaken me!''.
'And so many people, so many today, are in the same situation as Job. So many good people, just like Job, do not understand what has happened to them, or why. Many brothers and sisters who have no hope. Just think of the tragedies, the great tragedies, for example, of these brothers and sisters of ours who because they are Christians were driven out of their homes and left with nothing: 'But, Lord, I have believed in you. Why? Is believing in you a curse, Lord? ''.
'We all go through this situation, we experience this situation. There are so many people who think it all ends in nothing. Yet Saint Teresa, prayed and asked for strength to persevere in the dark. This is called entering into patience. Our life is too easy, our complaints are overdramatized. Faced with the complaints of so many people, of so many brothers and sisters who are in the dark, who have almost lost all memory, almost lost all hope â?? who are experiencing this exile from themselves, who are exiled, even from themselves - nothing! Jesus walked this path: from sunset on the Mount of Olives to the last word from the Cross: 'Father, why have you forsaken me!â?
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