April 26, 2009: Peace Through Pain – Michael Hidalgo

Paul begins to speak about the suffering that he is enduring on behalf of the church. He then says that he is rejoicing in it. Which raises a lot of questions. Why is he happy to be hurting so much? He seems to point to the fact that the pain is worth the mystery of the church. This causes us to ask a follow up question. Just what is the mystery of the church and why is it great enough to suffer for it? (p 227 CRmxed)