Lc 10,25-37). He realizes that "to fulfill God's purpose, he had sometimes to suffer too."16 On the 11th of February 1984, St. John Paul II published an apostolic letter entitled Salvifici Doloris: On the Christian Meaning of Suffering. The world of suffering possesses as it were its own solidarity. Let us quote from the books of the Old Testament a few examples of situations which bear the signs of suffering, and above all moral suffering: the danger of death(5), the death of one's own children(6) and, especially, the death of the firstborn and only son(7); and then too: the lack of offspring(8), nostalgia for the homeland(9), persecution and hostility of the environment(10), mockery and scorn of the one who suffers(11), loneliness and abandonment(12); and again: the remorse of conscience(13), the difficulty of understanding why the wicked prosper and the just suffer(14), the unfaithfulness and ingratitude of friends and neighbours(15); and finally: the misfortunes of one's own nation(16). 20, 16; Marc. Make no mistake: Mary is the Co-redemptrix. The suffering has the nature of a test. It can be said that Job's old friends wish not only to convince him of the moral justice of the evil, but in a certain sense they attempt to justify to themselves the moral meaning of suffering. Webinar 5 - Salvifici Doloris: il Vangelo della sofferenza 961 views Streamed live on Jun 30, 2020 Quinto Webinar formativo e di aggiornamento proposto dall'Ufficio Nazionale per la pastorale. Behold, the true Man of Sorrows presents himself before us: "He had no form or comeliness that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. The words of that prayer of Christ in Gethsemane prove the truth of love through the truth of suffering. Escribe frases tan largas que no se puede considerar un resumen. 22 [21], 2-3; Ps. There were many messianic texts in the Old Testament which foreshadowed the sufferings of the future Anointed One of God. And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth"(43). Completely the reverse is true. Salvifici Doloris. Gethsemane is the place where precisely this suffering, in all the truth expressed by the Prophet concerning the evil experienced in it, is revealed as it were definitively before the eyes of Christ's soul. But at the same time, moral suffering seems as it were less identified and less reachable by therapy. «La sofferenza ha una forza enorme nella lotta cosmica fra bene e male». 4, 19; Iob 30, 27; Lam. In the eyes of the just God, before his judgment, those who share in the suffering of Christ become worthy of this Kingdom. How often is it precisely to them that the pastors of the Church appeal, and precisely from them that they seek help and support! 38, 1-3). In the light of the verses of Isaiah, the Passion of Christ becomes almost more expressive and touching than in the descriptions of the Evangelists themselves. They also have an ever greater capacity and specialization in this area. This is the meaning of suffering, which is truly supernatural and at the same time human. If the suffering "is measured" by the evil suffered, then the words of the Prophet enable us to understand the extent of this evil and suffering with which Christ burdened himself. Though it is not licit to apply here the narrow criterion of direct dependance (as Job's three friends did), it is equally true that one cannot reject the criterion that, at the basis of human suffering, there is a complex involvement with sin. These persecutions and tribulations will also be, as it were, a particular proof of likeness to Christ and union with him. Every individual, through personal suffering, constitutes not only a small part of that a world", but at the same time" that world" is present in him as a finite and unrepeatable entity. Thus the personal dimension of punishment is affirmed. In the wake of his victory over sin, he also takes away the dominion of death, by his Resurrection beginning the process of the future resurrection of the body. In his suffering, sins are cancelled out precisely because he alone as the only-begotten Son could take them upon himself, accept them with that love for the Father which overcomes the evil of every sin; in a certain sense he annihilates this evil in the spiritual space of the relationship between God and humanity, and fills this space with good. Lacus Doloris (Latin for "Lake of Sorrow") is a small lunar mare located in the Terra Nivium region at 17.1° N, 9.0° E. Salvifici doloris is a 1984 apostolic letter by John Paul II on the Christian meaning of suffering. Human suffering has reached its culmination in the Passion of Christ. Saint Paul speaks of various sufferings and, in particular, of those in which the first Christians became sharers "for the sake of Christ ". Faith in sharing in the suffering of Christ brings with it the interior certainty that the suffering person "completes what is lacking in Christ's afflictions"; the certainty that in the spiritual dimension of the work of Redemption he is serving, like Christ, the salvation of his brothers and sisters. Take part through your suffering in this work of saving the world, a salvation achieved through my suffering! But in order to perceive the true answer to the "why" af suffering, we must look to the revelation of divine love, the ultimate source of the meaning of everything that exists. Por esto precisamente, Cristo Redentor … revela plenamente el hombre al mismo hombre. Suffering is also an invitation to manifest the moral greatness of man, his spiritual maturity. It was issued in connection with the 1983 Holy Jubilee Year of Redemption. Il souffre en particulier quand il « devrait » avoir part — dans l'ordre normal des choses — à ce bien, et qu'il n'y a pas part. Cum autem careat lingua Hebraica verbo Graecae formae respondente, idcirco fortasse verbum id raro in versione a Septuaginta occurrit. « Completo na minha carne â€" diz o Apóstolo São Paulo, ao explicar o valor salvífico do sofrimento â€" o que falta aos sofrimentos de Cristo pelo seu Corpo, que é a Igreja ». He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord"(93). Revelation, which is the word of God himself, with complete frankness presents the problem of the suffering of an innocent man: suffering without guilt. The first and second parts of Christ's words about the Final Judgment unambiguously show how essential it is, for the eternal life of every individual, to "stop", as the Good Samaritan did, at the suffering of one's neighbour, to have "compassion" for that suffering, and to give some help. Man finds in the Resurrection a completely new light, which helps him to go forward through the thick darkness of humiliations, doubts, hopelessness and persecution. A certain idea of this problem comes to us from the distinction between physical suffering and moral suffering. In reality, from the time of her secret conversation with the angel, she began to see in her mission as a mother her "destiny" to share, in a singular and unrepeatable way, in the very mission of her Son. Proof of this has been given, down through the generations, by the martyrs and confessors of Christ, faithful to the words: "And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul . 73 (72), 21; Iob 16, 13; Lam. If, in fact, the Cross was to human eyes Christ's emptying of himself, at the same time it was in the eyes of God his being lifted up. Come! The Resurrection became, first of all, the manifestation of glory, which corresponds to Christ's being lifted up through the Cross. From the introduction of the Book it is apparent that God permitted this testing as a result of Satan's provocation. eis id: 719 autorius: popiežius jonas paulius ii originalo pavadinimas: giovanni paolo ii lettera apostolica salvifici doloris ai vescovi, ai sacerdoti, alle famiglie religiose ed ai fedeli della chiesa cattolica sul senso cristiano della sofferenza umana data: 1984-02-11 pirminis Šaltinis: vatican.va susijĘ dokumentai: salvifici doloris Žanras: magisteriumas (popiežių) For it indicates what the relationship of each of us must be towards our suffering neighbour. 3, 27 s.; cfr. A los obispos, sacerdotes, familias religiosas y fieles de la iglesia catolica sobre el sentido cristiano del sufrimiento humano. It can be said that this is "substitutive" suffering; but above all it is "redemptive". The joy comes from the discovery of the meaning of suffering, and this discovery, even if it is most personally shared in by Paul of Tarsus who wrote these words, is at the same time valid for others. On the Christian Meaning of Suffering (Salvifici Doloris) Mother of the Redeemer (Redemptoris Mater) On the Rosary of the Virgin Mary (Rosarium Virginis Mariae) Light of the Nations (Lumen Gentium) Discovering Your Dignity - A Woman's Journey Through Life | Part I; Discovering Your Dignity - A Woman's Journey Through Life | Part II Thus according to Matthew; Luke mentions explicitly those "who hunger now"(34). A source of joy is found in the overcoming of the sense of the uselessness of suffering, a feeling that is sometimes very strongly rooted in human suffering. 3 /5. Socially, there are sometimes drastic changes to our plans, the difficulties of letting down both people we care about and projects we value, and at least some social isolation from the people we love. The texts of the New Testament express this concept in many places. To all of you, dearest brothers and sisters, I send my Apostolic Blessing. Among all these, particularly touching is the one which is commonly called the Fourth Song of the Suffering Servant, in the Book of Isaiah. Thus, even in the Apostle's expressions on the subject of suffering there so often appears the motif of glory, which finds its beginning in Christ's Cross. I 1. "He went about doing good"(32), and his actions concerned primarily those who were suffering and seeking help. Corresponding to the moral evil of sin is punishment, which guarantees the moral order in the same transcendent sense in which this order is laid down by the will of the Creator and Supreme Lawgiver. And the institutions which from generation to generation have performed " Good Samaritan" service have developed and specialized even further in our times. The Master does not conceal the prospect of suffering from his disciples and followers. One priest in a talk I heard mentioned . But before going there, let us read the next verses of the Song, which give a prophetic anticipation of the Passion at Gethsemane and Golgotha. His words also attest to this unique and incomparable depth and intensity of suffering which only the man who is the only-begotten Son could experience; they attest to that depth and intensity which the prophetic words quoted above in their own way help us to understand. Thus it defined as " evil" everything that was suffering(22). 19, 1). However, the prayer in Gethsemane becomes a definitive point here. Everyone who stops beside the suffering of another person, whatever form it may take, is a Good Samaritan. In the Second Letter to Timothy we read: "And therefore I suffer as I do. Thus to share in the sufferings of Christ is, at the same time, to suffer for the Kingdom of God. The institutions are very important and indispensable; nevertheless, no institution can by itself replace the human heart, human compassion, human love or human initiative, when it is a question of dealing with the sufferings of another. The witnesses of the Cross and Resurrection of Christ have handed on to the Church and to mankind a specific Gospel of suffering. Artículos relacionados. At any rate, Christ drew close above all to the world of human suffering through the fact of having taken this suffering upon his very self. It is not without reason that, also in ordinary speech, any activity on behalf of the suffering and needy is called "Good Samaritan" work. The Song of the Suffering Servant in Isaiah speaks of this. 17. Paru sur Croire.com en août 2003 , (11) Sic ut accidit Iob (cfr. This "word of the Cross" completes with a definitive reality the image of the ancient prophecy. Thus in the sufferings inflicted by God upon the Chosen People there is included an invitation of his mercy, which corrects in order to lead to conversion: "... these punishments were designed not to destroy but to discipline our people"(26). Thus, with this openness to every human suffering, Christ has accomplished the world's Redemption through his own suffering. Ps. Behold, He, though innocent, takes upon himself the sufferings of all people, because he takes upon himself the sins of all. It is he who transforms, in a certain sense, the very substance of the spiritual life, indicating for the person who suffers a place close to himself. Precisely at this point the "revealing of man to himself and making his supreme vocation clear" is particularly indispensable. In the Paschal Mystery Christ began the union with man in the community of the Church. 10, 31; Luc. For evil remains bound to sin and death. Có thể nói người ta đau khổ khi phải chịu một sự dữ, bất cứ là loại nào. It often begins and is set in motion with great difficulty. As though by a continuation of that motherhood which by the power of the Holy Spirit had given him life, the dying Christ conferred upon the ever Virgin Mary a new kind of motherhood—spiritual and universal—towards all human beings, so that every individual, during the pilgrimage of faith, might remain, together with her, closely united to him unto the Cross, and so that every form of suffering, given fresh life by the power of this Cross, should become no longer the weakness of man but the power of God. The purpose of penance is to overcome evil, which under different forms lies dormant in man. Suffering is his way of "becoming like him (Christ) in his death" so that he "may attain the . At the heart of this light is the truth expounded in the conversation with Nicodemus: "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son"(31). A good read if you want a different take on the problem of evil. Jesucristo: el sufrimiento vencido por el amor. (77) Cfr. Gradually, as the individual takes up his cross, spiritually uniting himself to the Cross of Christ, the salvific meaning of suffering is revealed before him. There are other criteria which go beyond the sphere of description, and which we must introduce when we wish to penetrate the world of human suffering. "El hombre no puede vivir sin amor. Difficult. But not a hair of your head will perish. The Scriptures had to be fulfilled. "I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In weakness he manifested his power, and in humiliation he manifested all his messianic greatness. He must "stop", "sympathize", just like the Samaritan of the Gospel parable. (1) Estas palavras parecem encontrar-se no termo do longo caminho que se desenrola através do sofrimento inserido na história do homem e iluminado pela Palavra de Deus. This refers to physical sufferings, but it is even more true when it is a question of the many kinds of moral suffering, and when it is primarily the soul that is suffering. His suffering is the suffering of someone who is innocent and it must be accepted as a mystery, which the individual is unable to penetrate completely by his own intelligence. 23. One can also say that the Scripture has been fulfilled, that these words of the Song of the Suffering Servant have been definitively accomplished: "it was the will of the Lord to bruise him"(51). Together with Mary, Mother of Christ, who stood beneath the Cross(103),we pause beside all the crosses of contemporary man. This work, in the plan of eternal Love, has a redemptive character. In the messianic programme of Christ, which is at the same time the programme of the Kingdom of God, suffering is present in the world in order to release love, in order to give birth to works of love towards neighbour, in order to transform the whole of human civilization into a "civilization of love". In the end, God himself reproves Job's friends for their accusations and recognizes that Job is not guilty. At the same time, it is not possible to ignore the fact that it constitutes as it were a definitive summing-up of the destructive work both in the bodily organism and in the psyche. 14. Accueil > Actualités > L'encyclique Salvifici doloris. Therefore in those people there is fulfilled the Gospel of suffering, and, at the same time, each of them continues in a certain sense to write it: they write it and proclaim it to the world, they announce it to the world in which they live and to the people of their time. For this reason Saint Paul writes: "Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake"(2). And at the same time he taught, and at the heart of his teaching there are the eight beatitudes, which are addressed to people tried by various sufferings in their temporal life. He does not discover this meaning at his own human level, but at the level of the suffering of Christ. And she very soon received a confirmation of this in the events that accompanied the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, and in the solemn words of the aged Simeon, when he spoke of a sharp sword that would pierce her heart. A Good Samaritan is the person capable of exactly such a gift of self. Considering its "evangelical" content, we are inclined to think here of a vocation rather than simply a profession. 3. The conviction of those who explain suffering as a punishment for sin finds support in the order of justice, and this corresponds to the conviction expressed by one of Job's friends: "As I have seen, those who plough iniquity and sow trouble reap the same"(24). To those who share in Christ's sufferings these words present themselves with the power of a supreme example. The 13,000-word document, titled ''Salvifici Doloris,'' or Salvific Suffering, says suffering can open the way to spiritual maturity and senstitize Christians to the need to help the afflicted . Is. Nevertheless, the Good Samaritan of Christ's parable does not stop at sympathy and compassion alone. It is obvious that pain, especially physical pain, is widespread in the animal world. And he does this on the basis of his own opinion. The more a person is threatened by sin, the heavier the structures of sin which today's world brings with it, the greater is the eloquence which human suffering possesses in itself. One could certainly extend the list of the forms of suffering that have encountered human sensitivity, compassion and help, or that have failed to do so. From this there also derives one of the fundamental truths of religious faith, equally based upon Revelation, namely that God is a just judge, who rewards good and punishes evil: "For thou art just in all that thou hast done to us, and all thy works are true and thy ways right, and all thy judgments are truth. While the first great chapter of the Gospel of suffering is written down, as the generations pass, by those who suffer persecutions for Christ's sake, simultaneously another great chapter of this Gospel unfolds through the course of history. 9, 24; Io. 53, 3). And if he loved us in this way, suffering and dying, then with this suffering and death of his he lives in the one whom he loved in this way; he lives in the man: in Paul. 9, 8; 21, 11-12). This questions seems, in a certain sense, inseparable from the theme of suffering. etiam Azariae orationes (cfr. And in the Letter to the Romans he writes: "I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship"(61). 4, 1-3). Is. Ernesto De Martino, Morte e pianto rituale nel mondo antico. Through this parable Christ wished to give an answer to the question: "Who is my neighbour? Those who share in Christ's sufferings have before their eyes the Paschal Mystery of the Cross and Resurrection, in which Christ descends, in a first phase, to the ultimate limits of human weakness and impotence: indeed, he dies nailed to the Cross. The parable in itself expresses a deeply Christian truth, but one that at the same time is very universally human. These words are directed to all those who exercise their own service to their suffering neighbour in an unselfish way, freely undertaking to provide "Good Samaritan" help, and devoting to this cause all the time and energy at their disposal outside their professional work. This varied list certainly does not exhaust all that has been said and constantly repeated on the theme of suffering by the book of the history of man (this is rather an "unwritten book"), and even more by the book of the history of humanity, read through the history of every human individual. Job however challenges the truth of the principle that identifies suffering with punishment for sin. He particularly suffers when he a ought"—in the normal order of things—to have a share in this good and does not have it. Pronunciation of salvifici doloris with 4 audio pronunciations. One can say that with the Passion of Christ all human suffering has found itself in a new situation. Suffering must serve for conversion, that is, for the rebuilding of goodness in the subject, who can recognize the divine mercy in this call to repentance. About the theme of suffering these two reasons seem to draw particularly close to each other and to become one: the need of the heart commands us to overcome fear, and the imperative of faith—formulated, for example, in the words of Saint Paul quoted at the beginning—provides the content, in the name of which and by virtue of which we dare to touch what appears in every man so intangible: for man, in his suffering, remains an intangible mystery. Voluntary "Good Samaritan" work is carried out in appropriate milieux or through organizations created for this purpose. (1) Nimirum verba haec videntur finem facere longissimi itineris per dolores, qui hominum historiae quodammodo semper interseruntur, ac verbo Dei clarescunt. (14) Talia passi sunt tum Psaltes (cfr. The words: "My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt," and later: "My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, thy will be done," have a manifold eloquence. We invoke all the Saints, who down the centuries in a special way shared in the suffering of Christ. 12. Man cannot "fully find himself except through a sincere gift of himself"(92). But when it is completely accomplished and becomes the light of human life, it is particularly blessed. am 11. In the Book of Job the question has found its most vivid expression. They become for him an incentive to actions aimed at bringing help to the injured man. For suffering—they say—always strikes a man as punishment for a crime; it is sent by the absolutely just God and finds its reason in the order of justice. I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed in us"(67). Declaring the power of salvific suffering, the Apostle Paul says: "In my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the Church"(1). While such an answer has a fundamental and transcendent reason and validity, at the same time it is seen to be not only unsatisfactory in cases similar to the suffering of the just man Job, but it even seems to trivialize and impoverish the concept of justice which we encounter in Revelation. The Book of Job is not the last word on this subject in Revelation. Yet a further confirmation was in the anxieties and privations of the hurried flight into Egypt, caused by the cruel decision of Herod. Is. Why does evil exist? Is. The Gospel of suffering speaks first in various places of suffering "for Christ", "for the sake of Christ", and it does so with the words of Jesus himself or the words of his Apostles. And for this reason Saint Paul will write of Christ: "He loved me and gave himself for me"(40). Cfr. Man " perishes" when he loses "eternal life". La douleur dans le lettre apostolique « Salvifici Doloris » de Jean Paul II Nous n'aimons pas les limites. Very difficult. Sir. The person who is a " neighbour" cannot indifferently pass by the suffering of another: this in the name of fundamental human solidarity, still more in the name of love of neighbour. By his salvific work, the only-begotten Son liberates man from sin and death. And the more the Church feels the need to have recourse to the value of human sufferings for the salvation of the world. © Copyright 1984 - Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Copyright © Dicastero per la Comunicazione - Libreria Editrice Vaticana. And indeed this meaning makes itself known together with the working of God's love, which is the supreme gift of the Holy Spirit. But all this they will do to you on my account, because they do not know him who sent me"(85). Christ does not explain in the abstract the reasons for suffering, but before all else he says: "Follow me!". "More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us"(76). Is. Apostolic Letter of His Holiness Pope John Paul II on the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering =: Salvifici Doloris. In it we must also pose anew the question about the meaning of suffering, and read in it, to its very depths, the answer to this question. The answer which comes through this sharing, by way of the interior encounter with the Master, is in itself something more than the mere abstract answer to the question about the meaning of suffering. When the leader thinks the time is appropriate, he then has the next person to left continue reading. However, this interior process does not always follow the same pattern. In this meeting man "becomes the way for the Church", and this way is one of the most important ones. Christ goes towards his Passion and death with full awareness of the mission that he has to fulfil precisely in this way. The Resurrection revealed this glory—eschatological glory—which, in the Cross of Christ, was completely obscured by the immensity of suffering. It is supernatural because it is rooted in the divine mystery of the Redemption of the world, and it is likewise deeply human, because in it the person discovers himself, his own humanity, his own dignity, his own mission. "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you...; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you... A servant is not greater than his master. In the Letter to the Romans, the Apostle Paul deals still more fully with the theme of this "birth of power in weakness", this spiritual tempering of man in the midst of trials and tribulations, which is the particular vocation of those who share in Christ's sufferings. 55 [54], 13-15), sive Ieremias (cfr. We here find ourselves—and we must clearly realize this in our shared reflection on this problem—faced with a completely new dimension of our theme. 21. They also foreshadow the words of Saint Paul: "For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin"(49). It is precisely the Church, which ceaselessly draws on the infinite resources of the Redemption, introducing it into the life of humanity, which is the dimension in which the redemptive suffering of Christ can be constantly completed by the suffering of man. The Formula For Happiness. In bringing about the Redemption through suffering, Christ has also raised human suffering to the level of the Redemption. He said very clearly: "If any man would come after me... let him take up his cross daily ''(81), and before his disciples he placed demands of a moral nature that can only be fulfilled on condition that they should "deny themselves"(82). He was despised and rejected by men;a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows;yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that made us whole, and with his stripes we are healed. Through my Cross. Both questions are difficult, when an individual puts them to another individual, when people put them to other people, as also when man puts them to God. The imperative of faith, formulated aptly by St. Paul, dares to touch what appears in every man so intangible: for man, in his suffering, remains an intangible mystery. APOSTOLIC LETTER SALVIFICI DOLORIS OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS, TO THE PRIESTS, TO THE RELIGIOUS FAMILIES AND TO THE FAITHFUL OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THE CHRISTIAN MEANING OF HUMAN SUFFERING Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate and dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I INTRODUCTION 1. 26. I speak of this in a particular way. Once again, St. John Paul explains: "It was on Calvary that Mary's suffering, beside the suffering of Jesus, reached an intensity which can hardly be imagined from a human point of view but which was mysterious and supernaturally fruitful for the redemption of the world (Salvifici Doloris, 25). Christ has led us into this Kingdom through his suffering. Người đã quả quyết rất rõ ràng: "Ai muốn theo Tôi… hãy vác thập giá mình hằng ngày mà theo" (Lc 9, 23) Và với các môn đệ, Người đã đưa ra những đòi hỏi luân lý chỉ có thể thực hiện được với điều kiện từ bỏ chính mình (Lc 9, 23). Ps. With these and similar words the witnesses of the New Covenant speak of the greatness of the Redemption, accomplished through the suffering of Christ. A carta é daautoria do papa João Paulo II, ela parece estar integradaprofundamente no contexto do . Moderate. In his messianic activity in the midst of Israel, Christ drew increasingly closer to the world of human suffering. Suffering, in fact, is always a trial—at times a very hard one—to which humanity is subjected. The mystery of the Redemption of the world is in an amazing way rooted in suffering, and this suffering in turn finds in the mystery of the Redemption its supreme and surest point of reference. To the Romans he writes: " We are ... fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. 44 [43], 16-17), Ieremiae (cfr. ( Salvifici Doloris §16) That is why Jesus rebukes Peter when he suggested that he not suffer. In later times, the witnesses of the New Covenant, sealed in the Blood of Christ, will speak of this. And at the same time this Son who is consubstantial with the Father suffers as a man. Precisely by means of this suffering he must bring it about "that man should not perish, but have eternal life". Yet, because of the relationship between the Resurrection and his Passion and death, he has at the same time overcome the world by his suffering. These words, spoken by Christ in his conversation with Nicodemus, introduce us into the very heart of God's salvific work. 5. Vino a llenarlo de su presencia Paul Claudel Donde hay sufrimiento, hay suelo sagrado. 51 [50], 5), testes aerumnarum Servi (cfr. Christianity proclaims the essential good of existence and the good of that which exists, acknowledges the goodness of the Creator and proclaims the good of creatures. In an eight week series from February 3 until March 24, on Wednesday mornings from 10-11:15 am Pacifi. God gives his only-begotten Son so that man "should not perish" and the meaning of these words " should not perish" is precisely specified by the words that follow: "but have eternal life". In fact one cannot deny that moral sufferings have a "physical" or somatic element, and that they are often reflected in the state of the entire organism. So glorify God in your body "(57). Suffering, more than anything else, makes present in the history of humanity the powers of the Redemption. (22) Meminisse iuvat radicem Hebraicam r" designare in universum quod malum est et bono oppositum (ţōb), nullamque admittere distinctionem inter sensum physicum, psychicum, ethicum. The Cross of Christ has become a source from which flow rivers of living water(52). II Redemptor Hominis, 14. They also express the very essence of Christian soteriology, that is, of the theology of salvation. 44 [43], 10-17; Ps. 22. In the midst of what constitutes the psychological form of suffering there is always an experience of evil, which causes the individual to suffer. Whereas our consideration has so far concentrated primarily and in a certain sense exclusively on suffering in its multiple temporal dimension (as also the sufferings of the just man Job), the words quoted above from Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus refer to suffering in its fundamental and definitive meaning. 6. ... Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. 38, 13; Ier. And living in him-to the degree that Paul, conscious of this through faith, responds to his love with love-Christ also becomes in a particular way united to the man, to Paul, through the Cross. 20, 10); Siracides vero de hac miseria meditatur (cfr. He says: let it pass from me", just as Christ says in Gethsemane. Christ has overcome the world definitively by his Resurrection. 9, 16-19). 73 [72], 3-14), tum Qoelet (cfr. To this grace many saints, such as St. Francis of Assisi, St. Ignatius of Loyola, and others, owe their profound conversion. It is something that we all must struggle with at various points in our lives and it leads us to ask why we are going through a painful experience. When one says that Christ by his mission strikes at evil at its very roots, we have in mind not only evil and definitive, eschatological suffering (so that man "should not perish, but have eternal life"), but also—at least indirectly toil and suffering in their temporal and historical dimension. And the words which she heard from his lips were a kind of solemn handing-over of this Gospel of suffering so that it could be proclaimed to the whole community of believers. 28. 4, 19; 8, 18; Lam. First of all he blots out from human history the dominion of sin, which took root under the influence of the evil Spirit, beginning with Original Sin, and then he gives man the possibility of living in Sanctifying Grace. 7. In the Apostolic Letter Salvifici Doloris I noted that suffering belongs to the ups and downs of men and women throughout history, who must learn to accept and go beyond it (cf. In the vocabulary of the Old Testament, suffering and evil are identified with each other. Here we touch upon one of the key-points of all Christian anthropology. But only the suffering human being knows that he is suffering and wonders why; and he suffers in a humanly speaking still deeper way if he does not find a satisfactory answer. Together with this horrible weight, encompassing the "entire" evil of the turning away from God which is contained in sin, Christ, through the divine depth of his filial union with the Father, perceives in a humanly inexpressible way this suffering which is the separation, the rejection by the Father, the estrangement from God. Estas palabras parecen encontrarse al final del largo camino por el que discurre el sufrimiento presente en la historia del hombre e iluminado por la palabra de Dios. And at the same time, during the Holy Year of the Redemption we recall the truth expressed in the Encyclical Redemptor Hominis: in Christ "every man becomes the way for the Church"(4). 16, 11; Ier. It is evident that it is not a question here merely of giving a description of suffering. COEXISTE CON EL HOMBRE. Love is also the richest source of the meaning of suffering, which always remains a mystery: we are conscious of the insufficiency and inadequacy of our explanations. In this love the salvific meaning of suffering is completely accomplished and reaches its definitive dimension. The theme of suffering in a special way demands to be faced in the context of the Holy Year of the Redemption, and this is so, in the first place, because the Redemption was accomplished through the Cross of Christ, that is, through his suffering. Salvifici Doloris "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." These words, spoken by Christ in His conversation with Nicodemus, introduce us into the very heart of God's salvific work. 3, 13. 81 4.2.1. "Through Christ and in Christ, the riddles of sorrow and death grow meaningful"(101). But already in itself it is sufficient argument why the answer to the question about the meaning of suffering is not to be unreservedly linked to the moral order, based on justice alone. 24. Siguiente Semana Santa en casa: Manualidades en familia para el Domingo de Ramos - marzo 2020. He shows us how it is only in Christ that we can hope to find any meaning and purpose in our experience of suffering. 1, 20. In the Apostolic Letter "Salvifici Doloris," the Pope speaks as the Successor of Peter, summing up Scripture and Tradition on the meaning of suffering in the life of a Christian. The world of human suffering unceasingly calls for, so to speak, another world: the world of human love; and in a certain sense man owes to suffering that unselfish love which stirs in his heart and actions. These are the words of the Apostle Peter in his First Letter: "You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with the perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot". In so far as man becomes a sharer in Christ's sufferings—in any part of the world and at any time in history—to that extent he in his own way completes the suffering through which Christ accomplished the Redemption of the world. He is called to share in that suffering through which all human suffering has also been redeemed. According to this dimension, punishment has a meaning not only because it serves to repay the objective evil of the transgression with another evil, but first and foremost because it creates the possibility of rebuilding goodness in the subject who suffers. Suffering is something which is still wider than sickness, more complex and at the same time still more deeply rooted in humanity itself. Therefore, the conscious and free violation of this good by man is not only a transgression of the law but at the same time an offence against the Creator, who is the first Lawgiver. 2 Sam. He healed the sick, consoled the afflicted, fed the hungry, freed people from deafness, from blindness, from leprosy, from the devil and from various physical disabilities, three times he restored the dead to life. And Paul, writing to the Thessalonians, says this: "We ourselves boast of you... for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you are enduring. It is difficult to list here all the types and different circumstances of "Good Samaritan" work which exist in the Church and society. Suffering seems in some way to share in the characteristics of this nature. THE QUEST FOR AN ANSWERTO THE QUESTION OF THE MEANING OF SUFFERING. But death primarily involves the dissolution of the entire psychophysical personality of man. Thus, although the world of suffering exists "in dispersion", at the same time it contains within itself a. singular challenge to communion and solidarity. Comentario breve a la Salvifici Doloris. 8. 23, 9; Ps. It is a question about the cause, the reason, and equally, about the purpose of suffering, and, in brief, a question about its meaning. In the light of the unmatchable example of Christ, reflected with singular clarity in the life of his Mother, the Gospel of suffering, through the experience and words of the Apostles, becomes an inexhaustible source for the ever new generations that succeed one another in the history of the Church. It is especially consoling to note—and also accurate in accordance with the Gospel and history—that at the side of Christ, in the first and most exalted place, there is always his Mother through the exemplary testimony that she bears by her whole life to this particular Gospel of suffering. 16. (20) Cfr. The field of human suffering is much wider, more varied, and multi-dimensional. The family, the school and other education institutions must, if only for humanitarian reasons, work perseveringly for the reawakening and refining of that sensitivity towards one's neighbour and his suffering of which the figure of the Good Samaritan in the Gospel has become a symbol. By your endurance you will gain your lives"(84). Christ retains in his risen body the marks of the wounds of the Cross in his hands, feet and side. 10, 1-7; cfr. SALVIFICI DOLORIS virtutem declarans, ait Sanctus Paulus Apostolus: "Adimpleo ea, quae desunt passionum Christi, in carne mea pro corpore eius, quod est Ecclesia". Carta apostólica - Salvifici Doloris del Sumo Pontifice Juan Pablo II. Salvation means liberation from evil, and for this reason it is closely bound up with the problem of suffering. 0:20 Summary and Explication of Salvifici Doloris (Continue having people on the left take turns reading a paragraph at a time. Ernesto De Martino, Furore simbolo valore, Il Saggiatore, Milano 1962. It can be said that man suffers whenever he experiences any kind of evil. 137 [136]). In him God has confirmed his desire to act especially through suffering, which is man's weakness and emptying of self, and he wishes to make his power known precisely in this weakness and emptying of self. But if at the same time in this weakness there is accomplished his lifting up, confirmed by the power of the Resurrection, then this means that the weaknesses of all human sufferings are capable of being infused with the same power of God manifested in Christ's Cross. Ps. JOHN PAUL II. Precisely by means of his Cross he must strike at the roots of evil, planted in the history of man and in human souls. In the Letter to the Colossians we read the words which constitute as it were the final stage of the spiritual journey in relation to suffering: "Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the Church"(78). This distinction is based upon the double dimension of the human being and indicates the bodily and spiritual element as the immediate or direct subject of suffering. It is like the opening of a certain interior disposition of the heart, which also has an emotional expression of its own. 48 (47), 12; Ps. Parallel with this, however, is the interhuman and social dimension. Christ's words about the Final Judgment enable us to understand this in all the simplicity and clarity of the Gospel. Conceitos Centrais 81 a) Salvação como dom do Amor 81 b) Liberdade e responsabilidade 83 c) Solidariedade 85 4.2.2. Therefore one must cultivate this sensitivity of heart, which bears witness to compassion towards a suffering person. We are not allowed to "pass by on the other side" indifferently; we must "stop" beside him. So this circumstance shows—perhaps more than any other—the importance of the question of the meaning of suffering; it also shows how much care must be taken both in dealing with the question itself and with all possible answers to it. But in general it can be said that almost always the individual enters suffering with a typically human protest and with the question "why". Distinctive Collections As a result of Christ's salvific work, man exists on earth with the hope of eternal life and holiness. Easy. (7) [This one actually didn't make sense to me at first. Amor e Responsabilidade: as I experience a feeling, I suffer"; and, thanks to this verb, suffering is no longer directly identifiable with (objective) evil, but expresses a situation in which man experiences evil and in doing so becomes the subject of suffering. In her, the many and intense sufferings were amassed in such an interconnected way that they were not only a proof of her unshakeable faith but also a contribution to the redemption of all. Does this mean that the Redemption achieved by Christ is not complete? No. Here we come to the enormous importance of having the right attitudes in education. Dans la Lettre apostolique Salvifici doloris , je soulignais que la souffrance appartient à la situation historique de l'homme, qui doit apprendre à l'accepter et à . These words seem to be found at the end of the long road that winds through the suffering which forms part of the history of man and which is illuminated by the Word of God. Is. And when he left, he solicitously entrusted the suffering man to the care of the innkeeper, promising to meet any expenses. 42 [41], 11; Ps. Finally, family help means both acts of love of neighbour done to members of the same family, and mutual help between families. In his salvific mission, the Son must therefore strike evil right at its transcendental roots from which it develops in human history. Suffering is certainly part of the mystery of man. To the just, who ask when they did all this to him, the Son of Man will respond: "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me"(96). In a word, then, a Good Samaritan is one who brings help in suffering, whatever its nature may be. IOANNIS PAULI PP. Ps. 1. Pope John Paul II's Salvifici doloris (On the Meaning of Human Suffering) Author: Pope John Paul II Letter of Pope John Paul II on the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering, 11 February 1984 On the Redemptive Suffering of Christ (abridged from sections 14-21) Medicine, as the science and also the art of healing, discovers in the vast field of human sufferings the best known area, the one identified with greater precision and relatively more counterbalanced by the methods of "reaction" (that is, the methods of therapy). Its purpose is also to strengthen goodness both in man himself and in his relationships with others and especially with God. A antropologia subjacente à . 99 (98), 4; Ps. For man does not put this question to the world, even though it is from the world that suffering often comes to him, but he puts it to God as the Creator and Lord of the world. Salvifici Doloris 13. It must be recognized that they are very numerous, and one must express satisfaction at the fact that, thanks to them, the fundamental moral values, such as the value of human solidarity, the value of Christian love of neighbour, form the framework of social life and interhuman relationships and combat on this front the various forms of hatred, violence, cruelty, contempt for others, or simple "insensitivity", in other words, indifference towards one's neighbour and his sufferings. Already in the Old Testament we note an orientation that begins to go beyond the concept according to which suffering has a meaning only as a punishment for sin, insofar as it emphasizes at the same time the educational value of suffering as a punishment. This truth radically changes the picture of man's history and his earthly situation: in spite of the sin that took root in this history both as an original inheritance and as the "sin of the world" and as the sum of personal sins, God the Father has loved the only-begotten Son, that is, he loves him in a lasting way; and then in time, precisely through this all-surpassing love, he "gives" this Son, that he may strike at the very roots of human evil and thus draw close in a salvific way to the whole world of suffering in which man shares. Dan. To the prospect of the Kingdom of God is linked hope in that glory which has its beginning in the Cross of Christ. José Martí Donde quiera que alguien sufre, allí está Jesucristo. Both are essential conditions of "eternal life", that is of man's definitive happiness in union with God; this means, for the saved, that in the eschatological perspective suffering is totally blotted out. Not of course completely (for this we would have to penetrate the divine-human mystery of the subject), but at least they help us to understand that difference (and at the same time the similarity) which exists between every possible form of human suffering and the suffering of the God-man. 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