Description: This week Dan, Melissa and Dr. Lilles discuss meaning through the mystery of suffering and the importance of a charitable response to this reality.
Topics/Questions covered in the show:
- How can trials and difficulties help detach us from earthly things?
- How can we talk to people who are suffering about the mystery of suffering being a grace or blessing for the soul?
- While we are in the midst of great suffering, how can we act with love? What does that mean exactly?
- How can we truly help those who do not understand the “joys” of suffering?
- What does St. Thérèse mean when she says, “I shall not fear [God’s] strikes”?
Resources:
- Spiritualdirection.com – website
- EWTN Global Catholic Radio
- Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation
- EWTN Religious Catalogue – online
- Living the Mystery of Merciful Love: 30 Days with Thérèse of Lisieux by Dr. Anthony Lilles and Dan Burke
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