Dear Lord, by allowing me to experience this affliction, so that I may share in your suffering on the cross for sin, you take a sublime chance that I might either draw closer to you for comfort, or turn away from you in my misery.
O my Savior, grant me that precious grace to offer up my pain, as you did in Your Passion, to atone for sin.
Help me to imitate your patience and to turn my complaints into offerings for my sins or for those of others, as you see fit.
In this time of distress and pain, I ask, I seek, and I knock, for the grace of endurance, perseverance, and above all, trustful submission to Your Divine will, for my good and your glory.
