By Dr. Bob Schuchts

Why do we suffer so much in this life? What is the purpose and meaning of our trials? How can we find hope and healing amidst our sorrow? Dr. Bob Schuchts, Founder and President of the John Paul II Healing Center, seeks to answer these difficult questions in a new 4-part series: Real Suffering: Finding Hope & Healing in the Trials of Life.

Suffering is something that touches everyone from the poor to the powerful. It can lead to doubts about God’s love, and can leave hearts unhappy for a lifetime. But it doesn’t have to be this way. What if suffering was the catalyst to our union with Christ?

Drawing on decades of experience as a marriage and family therapist, as well as on his own personal crosses, Dr. Schuchts expertly and compassionately examines the complex nature of human suffering. Dissecting the three basic categories of human trial—physical pain, emotional loss, and spiritual guilt—he shows the underlying purpose of our sorrows and helps us to see how, if we bear our crosses with faith, they can be a means for us to draw closer to God.

In Jesus’ Passion, Death and Resurrection, we have the key to discovering redemption in our suffering.

Dr. Schuchts explores this through the trials of Jesus, Mary, and Peter: Christ, in his physical agony on the cross, Mary, in the wrenching agony of losing her child, and Peter, in the shame he felt at denying Jesus. Through these prototypes of pain, loss and guilt, we see every facet of human suffering and can learn how to find hope and healing by applying them to our own stories.

Join Dr. Schuchts as he looks at human suffering through the lens of Church teaching and these three prototypes.Accompanying his talks are powerful documentary profiles on ordinary Christians bearing tremendous crosses in their everyday lives. Come see the witness of these faith-filled people, and discover how it is possible to transform even the most bitter suffering into joyful participation in Christ’s ultimate example of redemptive suffering.

• Binding: Hardcover
  Pages: 212

Dr. Bob Schuchts holds an undergraduate degree from Columbia University and a Master and Doctoral degree in Family Relations from the Florida State University. He is the founder of the John Paul II Healing Center located in Tallahassee, Florida and is a nationally renowned speaker, presenter and writer. His books include Be Healed: A Guide to Encountering the Powerful Love of Jesus in Your Life and Be Transformed: The Healing Power of the Sacraments. He has recently retired from his private practice as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist to devote his time to writing and leading conferences for the John Paul II Healing Center. During his time in practice, Dr. Schuchts integrated the teachings of St. John Paul II and the charism of healing, which he now teaches throughout the United States.