St. Bridget’s spiritual reflection on why some people prosper despite doing wrong.

There is a question that crosses centuries, cultures and creeds. A question that usually appears in silence, when no one sees us, just at the moments when life is tightening:
Why do those who do evil seem to fare better than those who try to live righteously?

Why does the corrupt prosper, the liar rise, and the proud seem untouchable, while the honest struggle to make ends meet, the righteous get sick, and the one who acts with good intentions accumulates defeats? This apparent injustice has broken the faith of many people throughout history.

The anguish that Saint Brigid also felt

Saint Bridget of Sweden lived in a time marked by abuses of power, ruthless nobles and a misery that hit the most pious especially hard. She herself witnessed cruel men feasting and accumulating wealth, while faithful widows and orphans died of cold and neglect.

This contradiction did not arouse in her envy, but a deep anguish. If God is just, how can He allow such an imbalance? In one of her most shocking revelations, Bridget dares to present this question to God without embellishment or diplomacy, as the spokesperson for confused humanity.

She observes that the wicked seem protected by unshakable luck: successful businesses, robust health, social prestige. And worst of all, their prosperity becomes an argument against faith: many conclude that you don’t have to be good for life to work.

The answer that changes the way we look at the world

The response you receive is not emotional or ambiguous. It is a direct, almost countable explanation that completely transforms the human perspective.

God reveals to him that his justice leaves nothing unpaid: no good goes unrewarded, no evil goes unrewarded. But the key is when and with what currency you pay.

The wicked, even if they live with their backs turned to grace, are not incapable of doing small good: an occasional gesture of solidarity, a useful work, an act of occasional compassion. And God, because He is just, must repay those acts.
However, because these people have closed their hearts to the eternal, there is only one currency available: temporary prosperity.

Thus, the success of the wicked is not a loving blessing, but an advance salary, a settlement. God pays them everything here and now so that they don’t owe them anything later. Health, money, fame, pleasures: all given on earth, because in eternity their balance will be zero.

What from the outside seems privileged, from this logic is a farewell.

The mercy that also hides behind success

The revelation goes even further. God allows this prosperity as a final act of mercy, hoping that gratitude will soften the sinner’s heart and lead him to repentance. But when that abundance is used to fuel pride and ridicule, prosperity becomes condemnation.

There is a phrase that makes you shudder:
God grants you paradise on earth because he knows that it is the only paradise you will have.

At that moment, Brigid’s indignation is transformed into compassion. He understands that to envy the life of the wicked is like to envy the last supper of a condemned man.

The Hidden Meaning of the Suffering of the Just

Then the other big question arises:
And what happens to those who try to live well and suffer?

The answer is as hard as it is hopeful. The righteous also have debts: small faults, attachments, impatiences. And God, who loves them and wants them clean for eternity, collects those debts from them here on earth.

The suffering of the righteous is not abandonment, it is purification. It’s not punishment, it’s medicine. Every pain accepted in faith cancels a future debt. Every humiliation cleanses a stain from the soul. For this reason, the suffering of the good has eternal weight, even if it is misunderstood by the world.

The prosperity of the wicked, on the other hand, is light as straw: it shines, but it weighs nothing in the face of eternity.

The final scene: two deaths, two fates

Brigid contemplates the end of the evil prosperous. Surrounded by luxuries, doctors and securities, death enters without asking permission. And there the tragedy is revealed: everything accumulated is left behind. In the trial, there is no negotiation. The balance is clear: everything was paid for during his lifetime.

Then he sees the suffering righteous die, forgotten by the world. But on the spiritual plane, his soul is received as an overcomer. He owes nothing. Everything was purified on earth. Their pain is transformed into glory.

The lesson for today

This vision forces us to reinterpret reality:

• When you see a corrupt person succeed, don’t envy him. Have compassion.
• When you see someone make a mockery of the faith and make millions, don’t want their place.
• And when suffering touches your life, don’t conclude that God has abandoned you.

Sometimes pain is the sign that God is paying now so as not to get paid later.

Practical tips and recommendations

• Don’t judge your life or the lives of others just by what you see. Appearance never shows the full balance.
• Avoid comparing your way to that of those who prosper without scruples; Your accounts are not closed within the same timeframe.
• If you’re going through a trial, ask yourself what it may be shaping in you, rather than assuming it’s a punishment.
• Cultivate patience and perseverance: what hurts today may be saving you tomorrow.
• It transforms envy into prayer and frustration into trust.

The prosperity of the wicked and the suffering of the good are not proofs of divine absence, but signs of a justice that operates with a logic deeper than human logic. God leaves no accounts open. The difference is not in whether it is paid, but when and with what currency.

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