The whole world is God's suffering

"The whole world is God's suffering."

Jung saw every act of human suffering as a participation in what Christians would call the eternal crucifixion of the One Christ. There is only one suffering, as it were, and we are all participants in it.

                                                                                                     Richard Rohr, Daily Meditations, 10/15/15

there is a world full of suffering

pain and despair

are no respecter of age, race, or religion

hurricanes, tornadoes

floods and fires

destroy and ravage

cruel people

driven by ideology, fear and hate

abuse, torture, minimize oppress

and sometimes kill

they hurl words of hate

legislate inequity

and pick up guns

and so little children

suffer and die

women are marginalized

minorities oppressed

the rich prosper

and the poor suffer

and the Sacred grieves

for all the children

young and old

for their suffering is

God’s suffering

and ours

yes

ours

too