Suffering Becomes Salvific

St Peters Orthodox Church

One of the many themes of the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ is that the suffering of One makes way for the healing of the many. The more we consider the suffering of Christ, the more we see just how far Christ lowered Himself so that we may be raised up. One of the great revelations Christ has given His Church is this: anything Christ joined Himself to and took within Himself becomes a means of our salvation. As Christ suffers the deepest of human sufferings, He turns human suffering (something He never intended for humanity) on its head and makes it a means by which we can be healed and transformed.