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Short notes on suffering

God knows what it is to suffer in Christ although suffering cannot overcome God.

God is above and beyond suffering.

Otherwise if God suffers in all of his being and if God is eternal, then suffering becomes potentially eternal as well.

Now a central Christian insight into suffering is that is it real, but temporary.

God is eternal , but suffering an pain are not.

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Ed, Catholic theologian and author of The Theology Corner

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Ed

Pilgrim. Catholic. Husband. Proudly outnumbered dad of two sets of twins. Theologian still figuring things out. Passionately into Christian spirituality and the mystics. Hardcore fan of Mary, the Theotokos. Running on a holy trinity of prayer, coffee, and sacred music. Totus Tuus Maria.