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Chapter 5: Suffering and Spirituality – Tobit and Sarah

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O Lord. And if you will not take my life, then please restore my respect that I may no longer bear this reproach.” Then the prayers of both Tobit and Sarah were heard before the majestic presence of God. The angel Raphael was sent to restore them both—by removing Tobit’s blindness that he might see the light of God with his own eyes, and by freeing Sarah, daughter of Raguel, from the demon Asmodeus, and by giving her to Tobias the son of Tobit, in marriage. At the very moment Tobit returned from praying in his courtyard, Sarah came down from her upper room. Treasure in Media Meanwhile, Tobit recalled the money he had left with Gabiel at Rages in Media. He said to himself, “Since I have prayed for the Lord to take my life, I must prepare my son.” So he called his son, Tobias, and said to him, “My son, if I should die bury me properly and take good care of your mother. Honor her as the law commands, and do nothing to make her angry. Remember that she risked many things while carrying you in her womb. And after she dies, bury her next to me. “Remember the Lord our God all your days, and never willingly transgress his commandments. Live justly and do not walk in the ways of unrighteousness. For those who deal justly shall prosper in all their ways. Give some of what you have to others, and never turn away from the poor so the face of God will not turn away from you! If you have a little, then give a little; if you have a lot, give a lot. That way you will lay up treasure for yourself against