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“When we begin to do for the least of these what David did for Mephibosheth, and what Jesus called his followers to do, we discover this: we are the broken and the needy. They. Are. Us. Perhaps more openly and undeniably, but all the same, they remind us of our true state before God. That is the gift they bring to God's people.”

Book:Disability and the Gospel: How God Uses Our Brokenness to Display His Grace

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“All sufferers can find comfort in the solidarity of the Crucified; but only those who struggle against evil by following the example of the Crucified will discover Him at their side. To claim the comfort of the Crucified while rejecting His way is to advocate not only cheap grace but a deceitful ideology. Within the overarching theme of self-donation the theme of solidarity must be fully affirmed, for it underlines rightly the partiality of divine compassion towards the ‘harassed and helpless’.”

Religion Suffering Spirituality Christianity Ethics Theology Solidarity The Poor Social Ethics

Book:Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation

Source: Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation

“We have to water the right seeds. If we do that, we can shift our habit energy--that negative loop that contributes to our suffering into mindfulness.”

Suffering Mindfulness Habits Positive Energy

Book:It's Great to Suck at Something: The Unexpected Joy of Wiping Out and What It Can Teach Us About Patience, Resilience, and the Stuff that Really Matters

Source: It's Great to Suck at Something: The Unexpected Joy of Wiping Out and What It Can Teach Us About Patience, Resilience, and the Stuff that Really Matters

“Nothing is lost. That which seems lost is just not confined to this moment.”

Pain Death Suffering Hope Loss Grief Self Help Self Improvement Help

Book:Outsiders: The Story of Success

Source: Outsiders: The Story of Success

“The world is perhaps ultimately to be defined as a place of suffering. Man is a suffering animal, subject to ceaseless anxiety and pain and fear.”

Suffering Pessimism Iris Murdoch Worldview Nihilism Bleak The Black Prince The World The Human Condition

Book:The Black Prince

Source: The Black Prince

“It was not Quoyle's chin she hated, but his cringing hesitancy, as though he waited for her anger, expected her to make him suffer.”

Suffering Hatred Anger

Book:The Shipping News

Source: The Shipping News