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Suffering with Jesus

Questions Covered:

  • 09:18 - During the period we’re suffering with Christ, he reveals beautiful things to us. He has revealed to me a small prayer.
  • 13:54 - Suffering is what drew me towards the Catholic faith and away from Protestantism.
  • 16:18 - My wife and I separated for about 3.5 years and there was a lot of suffering involved. I was the cause of it. I went to confession. I look at it as the 3.5 years was a sort of penance as I went through a lot of growth in that time. We got back together after that time.
  • 21:39 - I had an experience about 13 years ago where my finger was partially amputated. I decided to offer up my suffering for my husband who wasn’t Catholic. He came into the Church 2 years later. Is this an example of redemptive suffering?
  • 33:35 - How can I get a hold of Salvifici Doloris by JPII?
  • 36:17 - My wife and I went through a large disagreement on adopting. I was considering moving out when I came across St. Teresa of Calcutta’s teaching on suffering that changed my whole outlook.
  • 45:08 - In Psalms it says, “You are the potter, we are the clay.” I think that’s what our entire lives are and that sometimes he’s going to use suffering for that.
  • 51:10 - My family has shared some suffering and miracles have come out of it.

 

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