What we discover when we contemplate Jesus’ suffering is that he knows us in our suffering much more deeply than we know ourselves. —Elizabeth M. Kelly, A Place Called Golgotha
Jesus often moves things around inside us during a period of suffering. Perhaps in suffering, our hearts are open in a particular way, freer to respond to his prompting, especially when we stay close to Jesus, joining our suffering to his. —Elizabeth M. Kelly, A Place Called Golgotha
When I am tempted to imagine that the Father is not present in my suffering: “Into your hands, Father . . .” —Elizabeth M. Kelly, A Place Called Golgotha
In this “tremendous mourning of love lost, that drove Magdalene to search for Jesus at the tomb, and we know what happened there. Though she was looking for him, it was Jesus who found her. —Elizabeth M. Kelly, A Place Called Golgotha
