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Essay: On Suffering

Essay: On Suffering

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Apr 26, 2025
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“In This World There Will Be Suffering”: Grief, Presence, and Pastoral Courage

Michael Joseph Brennan

“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)

For many years, my life verse was drawn from 1 Corinthians 13—the “love chapter.” It it is my …

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