Tag Archives: Suffering

  There’s a purpose behind your physical or emotional pain. Pain will always be present in your life, but you don’t need to struggle to find a purpose behind your pain. It’s is an opportunity for you to see how … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Saints generally experience great suffering but conform to God’s will.  The apostle James claims suffering produces endurance leading to sainthood. “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ You are in the presence of a holy person when he embraces suffering. Padre Pio said, “If you knew the value of suffering, you would never give it up.”  Suffering has so much spiritual value, we do not … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________ “When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task . . . He must acknowledge that even in suffering he is unique and alone in the universe. … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ The fourth chapter of Pope John Paul II’s apostolic letter SALVIFICI DOLORIS covers Christ overcoming suffering through love. The chapter has four key ideas: malice of Lucifer, malice of man, suffering and beatitudes. Malice has two primary characteristics: … Continue reading →