{"id":11813,"date":"2026-03-30T00:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T05:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/passionist.org\/?post_type=prayer&#038;p=11813"},"modified":"2026-07-24T10:02:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:02:41","slug":"trusting-trials-as-gifts-not-punishment","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/passionist.org\/es\/prayer\/trusting-trials-as-gifts-not-punishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Trusting Trials as Gifts Not Punishment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Lord, when difficulties and trials come into my life, I begin to worry that these are signs that I am being punished for past sins.\u00a0 But I know that suffering and death were never a part of your divine plan for your beloved children.\u00a0 Forgive me for my complaints in the face of hardship.\u00a0 Let me learn to find the fruits of suffering in my life.\u00a0 Teach me the lesson of your Son&#8217;s Passion and the goodness in sharing in the weight of His cross.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Lord, when difficulties and trials come into my life, I begin to worry that these are signs that I am being punished for past sins.\u00a0 But I know that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","prayer-topic":[],"coauthors":[69],"class_list":["post-11813","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trusting Trials as Gifts Not Punishment &#8211; 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