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Why would an all-loving God allow suffering? Are not suffering and love opposed to one another? Does suffering have any meaning or benefit? Is there any objective evidence for God, for a soul that will survive bodily death, for the resurrection of Jesus? Who is God anyway \u2013 benevolent and loving, or angry and retributive?<\/p>\n Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., gives a comprehensive response to these questions and many others, explaining the contemporary evidence for God, the soul, and the resurrection. He discusses how God uses suffering to lead us to compassion for others and eternal life. 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Spitzer explores why a loving God allows\u2014\u2014must allow\u2014\u2014pain. More important, he shows how suffering can teach us compassion, shape our character for the better, bring us closer to God, and in fact can be, as counter-intuitive as it may seem, the ground out of which a greater happiness grows.”<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n — Dean Koontz, N Y Times #1 Best-selling Author<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide background_image=”https:\/\/spitzercenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/testimonial-original.png” background_position=”default” background_size=”default” background_color=”#ffffff” use_bg_overlay=”on” use_text_overlay=”off” alignment=”center” background_layout=”light” allow_player_pause=”off” text_border_radius=”3″ header_font_select=”default” header_font=”||||” body_font_select=”default” body_font=”||||” custom_button=”off” button_font_select=”default” button_font=”||||” button_use_icon=”default” button_icon_placement=”right” button_on_hover=”on” custom_css_slide_image=”opacity: 0.8;” bg_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.84)”]<\/p>\n “Suffering has the power to break or elevate the human spirit. Lived in the spirit of the Gospel and borne for the sake of others, it’s the most redemptive, transfiguring force in creation. Fr. Spitzer has written a magisterial work on the meaning of suffering, a work remarkable both for its depth and beauty.”<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n — Most Rev. Charles Chaput, O.F.M. 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And he dares to do what very few are willing to do today: to articulate how evil and pain are ingredients in the providential design of a loving God.”<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n — Bishop Robert Barron, Host, Catholicism film series<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide background_image=”https:\/\/spitzercenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/testimonial-original.png” background_position=”default” background_size=”default” background_color=”#ffffff” use_bg_overlay=”on” use_text_overlay=”off” alignment=”center” background_layout=”light” allow_player_pause=”off” text_border_radius=”3″ header_font_select=”default” header_font=”||||” body_font_select=”default” body_font=”||||” custom_button=”off” button_font_select=”default” button_font=”||||” button_use_icon=”default” button_icon_placement=”right” button_on_hover=”on” custom_css_slide_image=”opacity: 0.8;” bg_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.84)”]<\/p>\n “Fr. 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