{"id":853,"date":"2024-04-16T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=853"},"modified":"2024-04-12T07:07:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T06:07:52","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-april-16th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=853","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days April 16th by Chris B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-8af3197cab742cd6115e0eaf225b2698\"><strong>View VIDEO on Facebook  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-b857c91c17eb0fc731a5772d74e45069\"><strong>Follow on TikTok Videos at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=p<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-a1408829625dbc659eb1a7530ccfffe9\"><strong>On this day in 1879, St Bernadette of Lourdes died, aged 35<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\">Courage<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\">Courage is found in unlikely places. St Bernadette of Lourdes suffered pain from tuberculosis for most of her short life. She also endured harsh treatment as a child brought up in poverty. Her miraculous visions at Lourdes were not believed at first, but she was steadfast and brave when people ridiculed her. She said that great suffering and great love are connected and give meaning to life. She never ceased to be grateful and humble and spent her last years as a nun helping others. She displayed all the qualities that recovering addicted people need. Do I recognise the need for love, courage, gratitude, humility and helping others?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"><em>If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. That\u2019s the beauty of being alive. We can always <\/em><em>start all over again and enjoy God\u2019s amazing opportunities <\/em><em>bestowed on us. Have faith in him always.<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"><em>St<\/em> <em>Bernadette<\/em><em>.<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\">Today I ask God that I may live according to the example of St Bernadette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"2\" src=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View VIDEO on Facebook https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120 Follow on TikTok Videos at\u00a0https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=p On this day in 1879, St Bernadette of Lourdes died, aged 35 Courage Courage is found in unlikely places. 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