tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134782302655515338.post433212109140782631..comments2023-12-25T05:12:46.199+01:00Comments on ORA ET LABORA: Reading Group, 2fFelix Culpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062279686869827534noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134782302655515338.post-90898434224684141602010-05-29T19:45:02.471+02:002010-05-29T19:45:02.471+02:001. Co-suffering love effects this mysterious fusio...1. Co-suffering love effects this mysterious fusion between people in such a way that in the friendship of a depraved person with a virtuous one we do not see a simple imitation by the depraved of the virtuous but a “direct assimilation”. A life in this type of bond offers the strength to overcome evil habits which when alone seemed unconquerable.<br /><br />Christ’s example of this with us wherein He expresses that complete desire to bond to us and have us overcome the world can be seen in His prayer in Gethsemane when he felt the oppression of all men’s sins and nonetheless “drank the cup.” <br /><br />MatthewBecominghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00880409178864019499noreply@blogger.com