
Christ’s Mystical Messages to Blessed Conchita Shine Light on Our Suffering
In the Cross of Christ is our salvation and the invitation to join our suffering to his
In the Cross of Christ is our salvation and the invitation to join our suffering to his
SCRIPTURES & ART: Our suffering is tailor-made for our capacities, and by it we grow in holiness when we join it to the suffering and cross of Christ.
‘By his passion and death on the cross Christ has given a new meaning to suffering: it can henceforth configure us to him and unite us with his redemptive Passion.’ (CCC 1505)
Jesus did not promise comfort in this life. He promised trials and persecutions, and he gave us an example of how to endure, embrace and transform them.
If there is one experience that unites us as a human family, it is suffering.
‘By dying on the cross, he surrendered himself into the hands of the Father, taking upon himself and in himself, with self-sacrificing love, the physical, moral and spiritual wounds of all humanity.’
Mother’s advice in her book, ‘Suffering and Burnout,’ is more relevant today than ever.
I’ve had terrible spinal pain for 12 years, liver cancer for the past five years and the exhaustion that comes with it all. Here is what I’ve learned through my suffering.
There’s an incredible beauty in such an opportunity for growth that is far too easy for us to miss.
‘I used to want the longest life, perfect health and happiness, but really it is that feeling that I am so glad that this isn’t all there is ... and that we have heaven to wait for, and that we’ll be with Jesus, and there will be no more tears …’ — Amber VanVickle (1982-2023)
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