Fr. Larry Richards is the founder and president of The Reason for our Hope Foundation, a non- profit organization dedicated to ”spreading the Good News” by educating others about Jesus Christ. His new homilies are posted each week.
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The God of the Afflicted
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It seems that we’ve had a good number of sermons this year on personal afflictions & suffering. Last Sunday we had John’s encouraging sermon from Hannah & the “pouring out of her heart” regarding her childlessness - a major affliction in her days & still today. It’s such a regular part of all our lives - grief, pain, anxiety in all forms. Do you still often struggle with the “why?” of your agonising? James thought so also as he devotes the first section of his epistle to the subject - as we have seen. Well, this morning points us to the God of all comfort - the God for the persecuted - the God who can ease the pain of the oppressed & suffering - & that’s good gospel news for our weary souls. James reveals the essence of God’s Being. This is true wisdom! Understand how our heavenly Father deals with His children! - a bulwark in times of trouble. Know God! Such a knowledge of God becomes a refuge, a strength for our faith Of course, He wants us to see reality from His perspective rat
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It seems that we’ve had a good number of sermons this year on personal afflictions & suffering. Last Sunday we had John’s encouraging sermon from Hannah & the “pouring out of her heart” regarding her childlessness - a major affliction in her days & still today. It’s such a regular part of all our lives - grief, pain, anxiety in all forms. Do you still often struggle with the “why?” of your agonising? James thought so also as he devotes the first section of his epistle to the subject - as we have seen. Well, this morning points us to the God of all comfort - the God for the persecuted - the God who can ease the pain of the oppressed & suffering - & that’s good gospel news for our weary souls. James reveals the essence of God’s Being. This is true wisdom! Understand how our heavenly Father deals with His children! - a bulwark in times of trouble. Know God! Such a knowledge of God becomes a refuge, a strength for our faith Of course, He wants us to see reality from His perspective rat
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