Pope: Even in facing torture, happiness is possible with hope in God
By Carol GlatzCatholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Even in the face of terrible misfortune and suffering, true happiness is possible as long as one continues to have hope in God, Pope Benedict XVI said.
When personal disaster strikes, only true friends stick around, and one of those true friends is God, he said.
At his March 12 general audience at the Vatican, Pope Benedict discussed two early Christian writers, Boethius and Cassiodorus.
Boethius, born in Rome around 480, was imprisoned, tortured and executed at 44 years of age, the pope said. The Christian martyr wrote his best-known work of philosophy while he was in jail, "De Consolatione Philosophiae."
The pope called him a "symbol of a huge number of detainees unjustly" imprisoned throughout history and the world today.
The Christian writer struggled to "find consolation, find light, find wisdom" during his imprisonment and realized that those harsh conditions allowed him to discover what things in life were superficial.
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posted by Dr. Denice Hanley, DPM, M.Div. @ 9:47 PM
1 Comments:
The Holy Pope has a chance to change the world and he decides to make an announcement that torture can be a positive experience. God does not stop torture. Only people do.
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