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Don’t waste your suffering! - Readings for Sunday, 8/30/26
The Readings this Sunday contain from very sobering passages that force us to ask some serious questions about suffering. The First Reading from Jeremiah says “You duped me, O Lord…All the day I am an object of laughter.” When we communicate the truth to people who don’t want to hear the truth, we will be mocked and ridiculed. But this suffering is essential so that the Gospel may be preached.
It’s going to cost us to communicate the Word of God. But God takes that suffering and uses it for greater things.
Sr. Ann reflects on the Sunday readings:
Jeremiah 20:7-9
Psalm 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9…
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