St. Francis is the first recorded instance of the stigmata. Suffering with Christ –the Cross!– is central to our faith. The Cross is the source of all blessings, the cause of all grace, and the only path to Heaven. Carrying our cross well is what it means to be Catholic. Yet pride leads us to reject the cross. So we must grow in humility. Humility of intellect (an honest acknowledgement of our total dependence on God and of our real incapability of doing anything good without His assistance) makes us faithful to prayer. Humility of will (the readiness of the heart to suffer patiently all the sorrows and mortification of life because we deserve them for our sins) leads us to never complain. The life of grace flows from Christ's sacrifice on Calvary and from the sorrows of Mary, May we be forever grateful to Mary for her sorrows, tears, and the martyrdom of her soul.
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