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Second Reading: Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13.

 

Those whom the Lord loves, he disciplines.

 

Brothers and sisters, you have forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as children: “My son, do not disdain the discipline of the Lord or lose heart when reproved by him; for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines; he scourges every son he acknowledges.” Endure your trials as “discipline”; God treats you as sons. For what “son” is there whom his father does not discipline? At the time, all discipline seems a cause not for joy but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it.

 

So strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees. Make straight paths for your feet, that what is lame may not be disjointed but healed.

 

Questions for Reflection

 

1. Why might God allow us to suffer for no apparent reason?

 

2. In what ways might you have to suffer for the sake of Christ?

 

3. Why should we be joyful when we are suffering?

 

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