Renée Roden shares a reflection on the grief of Job, COVID-19 and All Souls Day. Relating to the story of Job, Roden asks, “How does a believer reconcile a God who is good with the ...
Reflecting on the thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Timothy O’Malley writes that like Bartimaeus, we too must call out in faith to Jesus to heal our sufferings, addictions and woundedness. Bartimaeus’ faith has saved him. ...
“I know that God is the owner of life, but God doesn’t want to see me suffer.” Those are the words of Martha Sepúlveda, a 51-year-old Catholic from Colombia with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis who, if ...
Cancer — or any other major illness — might be a challenge to our faith. Or it can help our faith grow deeper than it has ever been before. The choice is up to us. ...
A reader asks, “Since Jesus once and for all, by his death and resurrection, totally atoned and redeemed us from all sin — Adam’s and future sins — why were we not immediately restored to ...
Assistant editor Ava Lalor reflects on two feasts in the month of September: the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on September 14 and the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows on September 15. Looking at ...
After recently being diagnosed with breast cancer, Sherry Antonetti writes about the reality of redemptive suffering and how it can be a means of evangelization. She writes: “Suffering may allow me to beat it, or ...
As we begin the Easter season, in his latest column, Dr. Gregory Popcak explores how we can meditate upon Jesus’ suffering, death and resurrection to help us shape the response to the suffering in our ...
Joe Heschmeyer explores redemptive suffering. Suffering exists, and there’s no getting around it, and no escaping from it. But suffering doesn’t have to be pointless. Because God is good, we know that he will only ...
Adam A. J. DeVille writes, “Our time in this pandemic has presented us with even more opportunities to love and serve people who are suffering in so many ways. The one key lesson I have ...
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