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I believe I am posting this in the right place, if not, please move it to the proper place; I am looking for specific scriptural references to suffering, and perhaps indulgences, particularly in the Pauline Epistles. I remember listening to one of Scott Hahn’s tapes and how, during his conversion, he had a difficult time reconciling being called to suffer as a part of his faith.
The reason I am looking for these references is that my mom has been suffering extreme physical pain from a condition called RSD due to a very bad ankle dislocation and fracture in 2003. She suffers so greatly that told me that she has begun to pray for an early death and she wants me to pray for such as well–and of course, I can’t do that because I know that is wrong. My mom is only 57, and I know she is severely depressed and lonely. She gets sick a lot and although we make plans to see her, she often calls and cancels because she is not up for the visit. This just adds to her depression.
To complicate matters, she is also suffering at work; her coworkers are constantly discriminating against her and her disability. My mom is legally disabled and is covered under the ADA, but some of her coworkers try to submit complaints from everything to her scooter --which she needs to get around because she can barely walk most days–to the time she takes off from work for doctor visits–time which she submits under FMLA and does not receive payment. My mother’s work performance, despite her absences, is exemplary and documented as such–she stays late on the days that she is there and does not submit the hours so she doesn’t get paid for that either, but she does it so that she won’t be forced into an early retirement–she simply can’t afford it. She has even gone so far as to retain a lawyer to fight some of the injustices that have been occurring–such as trying to get her to submit paperwork under short and long-term disability that doesn’t apply to her being totally disabled. Unfortunately, her financial resources are limited, so she has had to endure further injustices, but she documents them all so that if and when she finds the money, she can fight.
I pray for my mom all of the time, and over the last night and today I have been giving her good scriptural references with regard to suffering but I’m sure there are more.
I have been trying to explain to her that her suffering–both physically and mentally–is a wonderful opportunity in that she can offer it up for her own salvation and for others; she is starting to come around, and I really want to bolster this idea with her scripturally. She is a bit weak with scripture, but she is very well versed in her catechism so it’s been a bit alarming to hear her petition for death–she would never take her own life–and I think that scripture may help provide her with a little more back-bone to remain here with us and really understand what it is to offer up her pain to our Lord.
So far these are the passages I’ve given to her:
Rom 5:3-5.
Rom 8:12-27
2 Cor 1:3-11
2 Cor 4:7-12, 16-18
2 Cor 6:4-10
Thank you in advance.
Jennifer
The reason I am looking for these references is that my mom has been suffering extreme physical pain from a condition called RSD due to a very bad ankle dislocation and fracture in 2003. She suffers so greatly that told me that she has begun to pray for an early death and she wants me to pray for such as well–and of course, I can’t do that because I know that is wrong. My mom is only 57, and I know she is severely depressed and lonely. She gets sick a lot and although we make plans to see her, she often calls and cancels because she is not up for the visit. This just adds to her depression.
To complicate matters, she is also suffering at work; her coworkers are constantly discriminating against her and her disability. My mom is legally disabled and is covered under the ADA, but some of her coworkers try to submit complaints from everything to her scooter --which she needs to get around because she can barely walk most days–to the time she takes off from work for doctor visits–time which she submits under FMLA and does not receive payment. My mother’s work performance, despite her absences, is exemplary and documented as such–she stays late on the days that she is there and does not submit the hours so she doesn’t get paid for that either, but she does it so that she won’t be forced into an early retirement–she simply can’t afford it. She has even gone so far as to retain a lawyer to fight some of the injustices that have been occurring–such as trying to get her to submit paperwork under short and long-term disability that doesn’t apply to her being totally disabled. Unfortunately, her financial resources are limited, so she has had to endure further injustices, but she documents them all so that if and when she finds the money, she can fight.
I pray for my mom all of the time, and over the last night and today I have been giving her good scriptural references with regard to suffering but I’m sure there are more.
I have been trying to explain to her that her suffering–both physically and mentally–is a wonderful opportunity in that she can offer it up for her own salvation and for others; she is starting to come around, and I really want to bolster this idea with her scripturally. She is a bit weak with scripture, but she is very well versed in her catechism so it’s been a bit alarming to hear her petition for death–she would never take her own life–and I think that scripture may help provide her with a little more back-bone to remain here with us and really understand what it is to offer up her pain to our Lord.
So far these are the passages I’ve given to her:
Rom 5:3-5.
Rom 8:12-27
2 Cor 1:3-11
2 Cor 4:7-12, 16-18
2 Cor 6:4-10
Thank you in advance.
Jennifer
