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The Gospel gives human suffering deep, personal, and cosmic meaning, by connecting our pain to the pain of others and, finally, by connecting us to the very pain of God.

The Gospel gives human suffering deep, personal, and cosmic meaning, by connecting our pain to the pain of others and, finally, by connecting us to the very "pain of God".

Richard Rohr
Pain, Giving, Suffering
"A Lever and a Place to Stand: The Contemplative Stance, the Active Prayer". Book by Richard Rohr, 2011.

If you don't transform your suffering, you'll transmit it.

Richard Rohr
Suffering, Ifs, Transmit

Pain and suffering that are not transformed are usually projected onto others.

Richard Rohr
Pain, Suffering, Pain And Suffering
Richard Rohr (2004). “Adam's Return: The Five Promises of Male Initiation”, Crossroad Publishing Company

It seems we are suffering from a very narrow and self serving reading of the Gospel right now.

Richard Rohr
Reading, Self, Suffering
Source: rccapilgrims.ning.com

Sacramental listening reminds us that current suffering isn't the end of the story. God loves us deeply, and the vision for the future is vaster and more magnificent than we could ever imagine. In these moments of profound human presence, we are awakened to the divine presence and see that the kingdom of God is coming and yet is already here.

Richard Rohr
Profound, Listening, Suffering

If you stay in the mainstream of life, you let in the suffering of the world that invariably enters all of our lives by the time we're in our middle years, when we've experienced a few deaths and read a few headlines.

Richard Rohr
Years, Suffering, World
Source: rccapilgrims.ning.com

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