the Holy Trinity wants to help us overcome the weightier aspects of bodily life, the unchecked emotions and cravings that seek to control us. These crosses that we all carry in our as-yet-not-glorified bodies can be overcome by reliance on grace and the practice of virtue.
The Lord is sending us out to all the nations to bring out brothers and sisters back to him. This isn't just the calling of a few missionaries to far away lands. It's the calling of each one us based on our Baptism.
Jeremiah experienced intense persecution. Jesus also experienced intense persecution. Part of the Christian life involves being misunderstood and disliked for the sake of Jesus and the Gospel.
We ought to have a sure knowledge of the sacraments in which we put our faith so that we can experience blessings and grace in the very things that often plague modern man.