We all face difficulties in life: sickness and pain, the loss of loved ones, problems in work and in relationships, financial worries, temptations to sin, etc. Our tendency is to complain about them and thus lose their great value. In this meditation we consider how: 

• St Joseph faced many difficulties
• St Josemaria Escriva dealt with his difficulties
• God allows those he loves to endure tribulation
• St Thomas More describes the great value of tribulations
• We should face difficulties with trust in God and human resourcefulness
• We can grow humanly and spiritually through our very difficulties