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Spirituality for Today, Suffering and Healing
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Father Timothy Radcliffe OP argues that a spirituality of suffering should not seek to explain what the person is enduring. First we must be with them, as Mary and the beloved disciple were with Jesus on the cross. Our prayers, like the psalms, give voice to the anger and distress we may feel when in pain and so overthrow our feeling of isolation. The Christian life has the dynamism of a drama, which carries us beyond the tyranny of the present moment of suffering towards relief and healing. Thus we may be able to rest in the pain and discover God there. The sick and suffering offer us special gifts and hope.