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
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13th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Take Up Your Cross and Follow Christ
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.
Christ’s Passion and Christian Compassion
‘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)
Bad Things Don’t Happen to Us — They Happen for Us
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.
The Dark Wood: Courage in Suffering
If there is one experience that unites us as a human family, it is suffering.
Reflections for Good Friday: Pope Francis on Suffering and the Cross
‘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 Angelica: Christian Suffering Is a ‘Helpful Companion’ on the Road to Heaven
Mother’s advice in her book, ‘Suffering and Burnout,’ is more relevant today than ever.
A Lesson From the Cross: Faithful Suffering Is a Gain
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.
What a Life-Altering Accident Taught Me About Human Frailty and God’s Power
There’s an incredible beauty in such an opportunity for growth that is far too easy for us to miss.
Amber and Dave VanVickle on Finding God in the Midst of Suffering
‘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)
