In today’s readings we encounter two kinds of brokenness: the outer pain that afflicts the body and the inner sorrow that humbles the soul. Hermas teaches that repentance must be proved through endurance, not words. Augustine reminds us that even miracles, though great, are only signs pointing to the goodness of creation itself. And Aquinas helps us see the difference between pain in the flesh and sorrow in the heart — both drawing us toward the God who alone can heal them.

Readings:

Hermas, The Shepherd, Similitude Seven

Augustine, The Confessions, Book 13, Chapters 27–28

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Part 1–2, Question 35, Article 2

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