Saving souls

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How exactly does our suffering and/or our acts of penance and charity help save souls? I’ve always heard that these things have an effect on the salvation other persons. I just don’t know how this is effectively done.

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houston1 said:
How exactly does our suffering and/or our acts of penance and charity help save souls? I’ve always heard that these things have an effect on the salvation other persons. I just don’t know how this is effectively done.

Thanks for your help.

houston1
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I like this question. Essentially what happens when we offer up suffering or acts of penance to God is that they become living and unceasing prayer. What God does is the same thing that He does with our other prayers, fasting, and alms giving that we offer up; that is, He accepts the invitation of our prayer and enters into the situation and does something. Therefore, when you offer up your sufferings or acts of penance as a prayer, that is your way of inviting God into a situation to do something in one of the most sacrificial ways that you could ask Him.
David L. Gray

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yosephdaviyd said:
I like this question. Essentially what happens when we offer up suffering or acts of penance to God is that they become living and unceasing prayer. What God does is the same thing that He does with our other prayers, fasting, and alms giving that we offer up; that is, He accepts the invitation of our prayer and enters into the situation and does something. Therefore, when you offer up your sufferings or acts of penance as a prayer, that is your way of inviting God into a situation to do something in one of the most sacrificial ways that you could ask Him.
David L. Gray
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Dude, GREAT response. I have thought about this for a long time and havent been able to verbalize it anywhere NEAR this well! Thanks! 👍
 
I like this question. Essentially what happens when we offer up suffering or acts of penance to God is that they become living and unceasing prayer. What God does is the same thing that He does with our other prayers, fasting, and alms giving that we offer up; that is, He accepts the invitation of our prayer and enters into the situation and does something. Therefore, when you offer up your sufferings or acts of penance as a prayer, that is your way of inviting God into a situation to do something in one of the most sacrificial ways that you could ask Him.
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That’s a really good reply. Thank you because I’ve been wondering this as well 🙂
 
yosephdaviyd said:
I like this question. Essentially what happens when we offer up suffering or acts of penance to God is that they become living and unceasing prayer. What God does is the same thing that He does with our other prayers, fasting, and alms giving that we offer up; that is, He accepts the invitation of our prayer and enters into the situation and does something. Therefore, when you offer up your sufferings or acts of penance as a prayer, that is your way of inviting God into a situation to do something in one of the most sacrificial ways that you could ask Him.
David L. Gray

visit my blog at:: www.yosephmdaviyd.blogspot.com/
read my articles at: associatedcontent.com/user/871946/david_l_gray_yoseph_david.html
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Thanks so much for your reply! This is VERY helpful. I’ll keep it in mind as I do my acts of penance and other sacrifices.
 
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