Man should love and suffer so that he becomes free of every bondage. For love redeems him, and in suffering man finds God. He therefore frees himself from the dark power and consciously unites himself with God, so that he bears all suffering for the Lord. Jesus Christ took all suffering and all guilt of sin on His shoulders, and thereby restored freedom of spirit to mankind. If man now does the same, if he also takes the suffering of his fellow human being upon himself in love or helps him to bear it, the state of suffering is lifted and thus man is placed in a certain freedom, for he will now be able to do as he pleases. Every state of compulsion is associated with inhibitions which impair every activity.... The free state, on the other hand, is exhilarating since there are no limits to the urge to be active. And therefore one should endeavour to put oneself in this free state, to redeem oneself through love, by steering the suffering of their fellow human beings and helping to bear it. Love and suffering are epitomised by Jesus' suffering and death on the cross. Only His great love was able to take upon itself the guilt of sin with full awareness, only love willingly took upon itself the suffering of mankind. For the Saviour's love was immense.... mankind needed the divine Redeemer, which is why He took on flesh and blood in order to work in a recognised way among His own. He knew about people's bound state and tried to help them by suffering for them, and trying to guide them towards Himself in His infinite love. He brought them spiritual freedom through His death on the cross, and thus He redeemed them from the bound state, which had previously been the fate of those who had endeavoured to live a well-behaved life but were too weak to be able to escape the power of the adversary. And the Lord considered them in His love, and died the most bitter death on the cross for them in order to give them back their freedom, by suffering for humanity. And so, those who remember the suffering of their fellow human beings with love, and willingly and devotedly take this suffering upon themselves will likewise participate in the work of redemption in order to relieve what is destined to bear great suffering. Always respecting your neighbour with love and trying to alleviate his suffering will result in the greatest reward, the divine work of redemption will be continued as it were, for the hour has not yet come which sets a limit for the human being.... he can still work without any bondage, both love as well as grace has still been placed into his heart by God or made accessible to him, so that he can therefore be lovingly active, and divine grace also lets him get to know the suffering which spurs his will to be helpfully active....

Amen

This proclamation is used in the following themebooks:

Themebook	Title	Download
136	Unselfish Charity	ePub   PDF   Kindle
170	The Purpose Of Suffering	ePub   PDF   Kindle