When we are face with trials, the metals of our souls are tested. Are our hearts strong like steel or rusted out by sin? Our faith needs to be firm if we want to be able to stand against the Devil and all his minions. Our hope has to be anchored in the harbor of our trust in the Lord if we want to withstand the storms of temptation that attack us. Our love must be hard as a diamond, unbreakable, even under the heat of our persecutors and pressures of the world. If there is any weakness in our spiritual lives, we must do everything we can to buttress ourselves against our failings and imperfections. We do this best through prayer, mortification, and the frequent reception of the sacraments of reconciliation and Eucharist. Our enemies cannot harm our spirits if we place our whole trust in God. So let us be firm in our faith by placing the foundations of our lives on the solid rock that is our Lord and God.
Are our faith lives built upon the solid foundation of trust in God's Love, Mercy, and Grace? What can we do to rid ourselves of our weaknesses in body, mind, and spirit so we might become bastions of faith for the Lord? How can we learn to be more trusting of God's Divine Plan over our own?
O Lord, give us the strength to stand firm in our faith.
Amen.
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