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Originally Posted by Joysong
Has anyone here been the beneficiary of this type of abuse and found that it actually strengthened them in virtue?
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It is great to be vindicated by God and made more humble and forgiving through grace when persecuted. I heard a priest sum this up once by saying that "what the Gospel says really is true!" - i.e., that God will give us lots of graces and even fight our battles for us when we are being unjustly persecuted if we let Him and we trust Him. I have experienced that in small ways.
The thing is, I have also been the persecutor. It was always because I felt somebody had some fault that needed correction and I felt
I was the one to do it. When the scales fell from my eyes, it was very embarrassing - but I learned that, unless it is specifically made plain that it is my job to correct somebody (like if I was his job supervisor or something like that), that otherwise it is my job to bear with the faults (real or perceived) of others as patiently and charitably as I can. And that God is the one who corrects and He does it a lot better than I can.
Re: Benefits of Persecution
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