Pain has become part of my life since my car accident in January 2006. In attempts to diminish it, medication, meditation, physical therapy, prayer, and a TENS unit have partnered together. Yet, pain continues to reveal its' ugly head again and again, breaking through the combination that have keep it quieted to a one to two. Today the pain pushed me to the point of inability to attend Mass, the sixth time this year. Even trying to work has been overwhelming, with me now going part time from full time...with little hope for the pain to ever be controlled as it had been. How odd that my life has changed so radically due to the accident!
Holy Trinity, I offer you my pain in union with the suffering of the whole church to save souls.... Thank you for Ministry to the Sick, who brought me Eucharist this morning.
This is a place where I celebrate my Catholic faith. God has never turned His back on me, even though I have pushed away from the Church and her teachings in my younger years. As I mature, I am thankful for my age, for my many blessings, and mostly for the gift of Reconciliation and Holy Eucharist. I don't deserve God's love, but I am most thankful that He does.