Rejoice and be glad; your reward will be great in heaven.
Living our Catholic faith is not easy. In fact, at times it can be dreadfully difficult. The world scoffs at us, scorns us for our belief in God and our insistence upon holding fast to His moral laws. We are sometimes persecuted, sometimes ignored, sometimes slandered, sometimes hated. Yet Jesus experienced all of this before us, and He warned us that what happened to Him would happen to us.
Yet look at Jesus' promise here. We are to rejoice when we are persecuted for our faith. We are to unite our sufferings with those of Christ. We are to take up the cross and follow after Him. We are to keep on holding fast to our faith, growing in intimacy with God, speaking the truth, loving our neighbors, even those who are our enemies, and praying for those who persecute us. Then, Christ promises us, our reward will be great in Heaven.
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