“I, perhaps like you, have to see folks I love and care about through some difficult periods in their life. One neighbor and parishioner just lost her eight year old daughter to cancer. A number of parishioners are seeking work and praying daily for it, but no work offers seem forth-coming. Still others cry out for the alleviation of any number of different crosses. I too have lots of things for which I pray, and sometimes I get discouraged or even angry when God seems to say, ‘no’ or, ‘wait.’”
In a recent commentary, Monsignor Charles Pope (pastor of Holy Comforter-Saint Cyprian Parish, Washington, DC) reflected on how we are often sure of “what is best for us, or best for others. But what we find the desirable outcome is not necessarily the best outcome.” He also reflected on God’s knowing “the best answer and when to answer.” This, he states, “is humility.”
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