When life hurts, sometimes the only prayer we can manage is, “Lord… — CatholicSG — TG.ME

When life hurts, sometimes the only prayer we can manage is, “Lord, please help me. I don’t know how much more I can take.” And that’s okay. We don’t have to hide our pain from God or pretend to be strong. We can bring Him our tears, questions, anger and exhaustion. Asking Him to take our suffering away, or simply asking Him to stay close, is not a sign of weak faith. It is prayer.

And somehow, through the Cross, even the suffering we wish we could escape can be offered to God. We may not understand why we’re going through it, or see how anything good could come from it. But we can trust that our pain is never wasted when we place it in His hands. We may have to carry a cross, but we never have to carry it alone.

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