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.

 

Resources Mentioned:

https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1984/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_11021984_salvifici-doloris.html

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