Graczyk, Anna (Wydział Teologiczny Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, 2011)
The article questions the value of suffering in the process of spiritual growth of man according to St. John of the Cross. Analyses of his teaching that human suffering is participation at various stages of its process of unification with God. Meaning of suffering gave Christ in the Paschal Mystery. So when a person takes in a spirit of trust in him any kind of personal suffering, then discovers its value and experience a deep bond of love with God.
