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(Col. 3, 4–11; Luke 17, 12–19) Ten lepers were healed, but only one came to thank the Lord. Isn’t this the proportion of grateful people in total who are benefited by the Lord? Who has not received benefits, or rather, what is in us and what happens to us that would not be good for us? Meanwhile, is everyone grateful to God and gives thanks for everything? There are even those who allow themselves to ask: “Why did God give existence? It would be better if we weren’t.” God gave you existence so that you would be eternally blissful; He gave you existence freely, provided you freely and with all the means to achieve eternal bliss; It’s up to you: you just have to work a little for it. You say: “Yes, I have all the sorrows, poverty, illnesses, misfortunes.” Well, this is also one of the ways to achieve eternal bliss: be patient. Your whole life cannot be called a moment in comparison with eternity. Even if you had to suffer all your life in a row, it’s nothing against eternity, but you still have moments of consolation. Do not look at the present, but at what is prepared for you in the future, and take care to make yourself worthy of it, and then you will not notice the sorrows. They will all be absorbed in the undoubted hope of eternal consolations, and gratitude will not be silent on your lips. You might be interested in: