It helps to "convert" little temptations that we may face in the course of a day (...the temptation not to smile when someone we don't like a lot greets us, the temptation to not withold a biting remark, the temptation to stop our work before we've finished it off well, and other temptations) into moments of unity with Jesus and with those Christians undergoing real violent deadly persecutions.

Redemptive suffering, an act of the Communion of Saints, is a marvelous way of finding intimacy with Our Lord and with other Christians.   We can unite our little tiny sufferings with those of Jesus and with those Christians who are truly being persecuted.

Treat temptations as though they were persecutions, however small, and do it in conversation with God.