To Think God as Love

The soldiers whose duty it was to torture Jesus put on him a twisted “crown of thorns.” As was true of (nearly) everyone in Jesus’ life, they did not know what they were doing, though we can be sure that the irony wasn’t lost on Jesus’ followers, at least not after some careful post-Paschal reflection. [...]

The recent discussion of Christian suffering has led me to think about the apostolic call to “rejoice in suffering,” which, on the face of it, seems practically impossible if not morally irresponsible. That, in turn, led me to think that perhaps just as suffering gets redefined by Christ so that one can speak of specifically [...]

In the previous post, Mark spoke so clearly and convincingly about the need to choose suffering, to enter into it with our eyes wide open. I want to add that not only must we choose it, following the example of Christ, but also that the Holy Spirit who is at work among us is leading [...]

What is the nature of Christian suffering?  How is it that we are to suffer?   For what purposes and under what circumstances should we suffer?  To be honest, these are questions I have never sincerely asked myself until just recently.  Sure, I’ve heard it said that Christians must endure suffering.  I’ve read it in [...]

Recently, I came across this in the Cathecism of the Catholic Church under the heading “The Image of God”: Being in the image of God the human individual possesses the dignity of a person, who is not just something, but someone. He is capable of self-knowledge, of self-possession and of freely giving himself and entering [...]