Since today, January 28 is the memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, here is a teaching from one of his conferences. Jesus' suffering gave us examples:
- Love--greater love than this no man has that he should lay down his love for another.
- Patience--Jesus suffered patiently. If you were God would you hang on the cross for 3 hours? Jesus could have avoided his pain but He didn't.
- Humility--just imagine God being judged by Pontius Pilate willingly.
- Obedience--He obeyed His Father even unto death making up for the disobedience of Adam.
- Despised earthly things--Jesus didn't even ask for something to clothe His nakedness.
- He never cursed His tormentors. He forgave them.
Why did the Son of God suffer for us? Reparation and to give us examples of how to behave.
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