In the Bible, Jesus never explains suffering, but he reaches out to those who are hurting, heals them and ultimately, on the cross, shares and redeems the suffering of all humanity, Pope Francis said.
Jesus "does not approach pain with generic encouragement and
Father Patrick Briscoe shares an encounter he had with a drunken man on the streets of a foreign neighborhood and how it led to deeper prayer: “I pretended I didn’t hear him. His faint cry drifted over the four lanes of traffic.
One of the saddest things for a Catholic is when a friend abandons the Faith because of suffering. We might think they have given up without a fight, and our first instinct may be to rush in and let them know how
Church leaders in South Sudan are appealing to faith communities, international donors and people of goodwill to support the suffering people in the region, who have been left vulnerable by a mix of crises, including the ongoing civil war, starvation, drought and
The Fourth Last Word: "[About] three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?' which means, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'" (Mt 27:46)
RAPID CITY, S.D. (OSV News) -- The Diocese of Rapid City, South Dakota, announced "with sorrow" that its shepherd, Bishop Peter M. Muhich, died Feb. 17. "Bishop Peter, 62, was in hospice care after suffering from esophageal cancer. Please continue to pray
Society has slipped into a culture of indifference so pervasive that "our necks are going to get stiff" from constantly turning away from the suffering of marginalized people, Pope Francis said.
What makes sense of pain? It's often pointless and miserable. God can bring good out of evil, but it's not automatic.
Each Holy Week, we read aloud the passion of Christ. And each time the story of Christ’s suffering and death rings in our ears, we have another opportunity to find ourselves among his disciples. We, too, have betrayed him, like Judas. At
Our Sunday Visitor columnist David Mills examines from a different perspective the passage in Scripture where Christ asks his followers to “take up your cross and follow me.” Mills asks, sincerely: What if the cross you’ve been given wasn’t accepted by choice?