Chapter 13: Joy in the Midst of Suffering
Chapter 13 urges finding joy amid suffering by uniting our pain with Christ’s. The saints embraced trials as paths to deep intimacy with Him, offering their sufferings for others. We too can reject se...
14 Jul 20254min
Chapter 12: Meeting Christ in Temptation
This chapter teaches meeting Christ in temptation by imitating his courage in the wilderness. Saints like Catherine of Siena endured fierce, humiliating demonic assaults yet resisted through prayer, h...
14 Jul 202532min
Chapter 11: Meeting Christ in Physical Pain and Fatigue
This chapter teaches meeting Christ in physical pain and fatigue by uniting suffering with his Passion. Saints like Lidwina of Schiedam embraced agony for others’ salvation. Pain can sanctify when off...
14 Jul 202529min
Chapter 10: Meeting Christ in Confrontation with Error
This chapter explores meeting Christ while confronting error. Using St. Thomas More’s example, it urges defending truth firmly but charitably, hating falsehood yet loving those who err. Saints teach p...
14 Jul 202527min
Chapter 9: Meeting Christ in Persecution
This chapter shows meeting Christ in persecution—from ridicule to martyrdom. Saints like John of the Cross, Joan of Arc, Maximilian Kolbe, and Maria Goretti responded with love, forgiveness, courage, ...
14 Jul 202541min
Chapter 8: Meeting Christ in Marital Discord
This chapter explores meeting Christ amid marital discord—from abuse and betrayal to emotional abandonment. It highlights saints like Cornelia Connolly, Rita of Cascia, and Marguerite d’Youville, who ...
14 Jul 202523min
Chapter 7: Meeting Christ in Loneliness and Loss
This chapter explores meeting Christ in loneliness and loss—from isolation, grief over death, or spiritual separateness. It shares saints’ struggles, like Marie of the Incarnation’s painful separation...
14 Jul 202541min
Chapter 6: Meeting Christ in Interior Trials
This chapter explores meeting Christ in interior trials like spiritual dryness, boredom, yearning for God, remorse, and despair. St. Catherine of Genoa endured intense mystical suffering, teaching tha...
14 Jul 202542min
