29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Life in a fallen world brings us all plenty of suffering, and our readings today take up that theme of suffering.  Our sufferings – wether mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, or some combination thereof – have varying levels, but the key to all of it is that I have a choice in the midst of my suffering, I can choose to respond in one of two ways: one way is the common response to suffering, the other way was modeled by Jesus in His suffering. Which one will we choose to confront our sufferings today?