The L'Arche Canada Foundation in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada with Jean Vanier's Daily Thoughts for Tuesday, 18 October 2016 "Nourishment in Suffering"

The L'Arche Canada Foundation in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada with Jean Vanier's Daily Thoughts for Tuesday, 18 October 2016 "Nourishment in Suffering"
In a mysterious way, our own suffering and pain can become a nourishment. Like our poverty and helplessness they can become a place where God resides. When we are successful and feel on top of the world, we can so easily turn away from God; when we are in pain we call out to him. There is a presence of God in suffering which can nourish the deepest part of our being.[Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, page 193]
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