In 2 Timothy Paul says, “Take your share of suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus” (2:3). Following this Paul speaks of his imprisonment for the preaching of the Gospel, “the gospel ...

The definitive suffering of Christ began in the upper room and ended on Calvary. If we want to find the meaning of suffering, we should only look upon the cross. The cross is where we are shown in ...

As we begin the season of Lent, when we can more closely contemplate Christ’s passion and death, we have an opportunity to ...

If philosophers and theologians posit that the human experience demands suffering, Severance both underscores and inverts ...

we have an opportunity to reflect on how Christ’s suffering helps us understand the suffering we face in our lives. The value of suffering can be summed up in the phrase omnia in bonum ...

The transfiguration prepares us for the passion, death and resurrection of the Lord. St. Luke’s telling of the event draws us into the mystery of divine love, a love that embraces human suffering and ...

If God exists, there should be no evil and suffering in this world. For some people this argument proves to them that God does not exist. Christians have several responses to the problem of evil ...

This includes "Christians facing a lack of legal recognition or protection due to their faith" and "Christians who suffer persecution or discrimination in the context of displacement, often caused by ...