Thought For The Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
I’m reminded of Blessed Fr. Solanus Casey’s words mirroring those of St. Pio’s;
His humble obedience in response to failures, restrictions, suffering, and the grind of ordinary daily life was extraordinary. He wrote:
Crosses [are] the best school wherein to learn appreciation for the love of Jesus Crucified…. If we only try to show the dear Lord good will and ask him for resignation to the crosses he sends or permits to come our way, we may be sure that sooner or later they will turn out to have been just so many blessings in disguise.
We have endless opportunities to give God our very best, we just have to accept and love our crosses since they are our gifts par excellence to Our Father, and in them he see’s a resemblance of His very Son.
I like your response Don- Thanks I needed that. I get those days too.