Suffering: Why Does God Allow It? - Explaining the Faith 

But Father Chris, if it weren't for you, many of us would not know how to offer up our suffering. I can't fathom how many you save by preaching and teaching! God bless you Father!

Its really hard to suffer but since the day my late brother ( ex seminarian) told me about offering every little suffering for the souls in purgatory...I always suffer all my pain/suffering to souls in purgatory,for peace and conversion. Just last June 2021 when my brother died...I told GOD that I will offer all my sufferings(physical,emotional, psychologial,etc) for the rest of my life to the souls in purgatory, relatives, friends,unborn children,my parents,my son and my only brother. 🙏🙏🙏❤ I hope and pray GOD accepts all my offering.

Father I was in Medjugorge 4years ago and praying the sorrowful rosary at a beautiful cross of Jesus a sweet voice I heard but ignored it "I THIRST" continued the rosary and again a small voice said "I Thirst." Carried on the rosary. I finished the rosary abd went off for lunch with the people in my group. On the way into the evening Mass I heard it again but it was an outer voice loud and clear "I THIRST" it took Jesus 3 times for me to realise it was Jesus speaking to me. I went to confession and spoke about it to the priest he said your mission is saving souls. For many many years I have been doing the "LIFE OFFERING PRAYER". My suffering began when I was 16 and I am now 72 still suffering but God us with me who can be against me. Jesus I love you and I trust in you. Amen and Amen.

that was a pretty good imitation of Joel Osteen, I used to listen to him when I was a Methodist. So glad I found Catholicism

The Catholic Church has kept my daughter alive. She is now in her 30's. When she went through middle school and high school at her darkest time, (thank God for Confirmation classes,), she told me not to worry about her commiting suicide, because she wanted to e able to go to heaven and be with Jesus and her grandparents. She believed that if she committed suicide, she would not go to heaven. I am grateful that she is still here. 🙏 🕊✝️

This speech gave me relief and believe me, I am suffering greatly! This eased my pain. I hope it last

Great presentation father Chris! I am truely suffering and this gave me so much hope and encouragement for my suffering. My wife is divorcing me, I lost my job, I am now homeless, I am also fighting a legal case, etc, etc... Please pray for me and all that are suffering to suffer with courage and purpose in God.

Fr. Chris, this talk has given me so much to contemplate on. My son took his own life 15 months ago and I have been struggling with depression and extreme sadness ever since. He was the one person that understood me and I could rely on. I have felt so lost and looking for God’s direction for me now. I will be watching this talk again and sharing with my grief support group. I’m looking at my life different now. Thank you. God bless you. Keeping you and your family in my prayers🙏🏻🙏🏻

Through my pains and sufferings LORD, I beg YOU to accept them for the forgiveness of al our sins and the salvation of all our souls. Thank and praise YOU LORD. Amen.

So grateful for you Fr. Chris and the Divine Mercy channel. Thanks to this channel I have learned so much and fell in love with the catholic faith. I was baptized Catholic, but did not complete my catechism or first communion. I started my catechism now and went to mass for the first time since I was a little girl.

“THE WORST CROSS OF ALL IS TO NOT HAVE ANY CROSS AT ALL!” ✝️✝️✝️

My dad was paralyzed 100percent from a brain that stem stroke and he suffered over 2 years it was his suffering that had the holy ghost bring me to out holy church now I'm part in the true bride I suffer a lot in ways I wish not to say but I do and I am willing to except all Tha is Willed I love u Jesus I love u holy Mary my mommy ❤

Bless this teaching, the teacher, and the listeners! Christ has opened my eyes ❤

i am so sorry father i am so weak and and i easily give up and become irritable, May God forgive me, just last night i had my panic attack and was not able to sleep, and now your teaching is a wake up call for me

I have suffered, since the day I was born..no I'll take that back I probably wasn't wanted in the womb..the only thing significant in my life is God's love and mercy..

When I offered up my suffering I received the mystical scent of flowers for several minutes. So now I continue to do this.

Suffering tests our love for God. I learnt this from my Daughter Philippa who was going through 18 chemo sessions for Ewing's Syndrome and smiled through it. No wonder she's with Jesus today. Thank you Rev.Fr.Chris for your powerful message. God be with you always Amen.... Bangalore India

Nobody likes to go through suffering. It can be overwhelming and bombarding. A couple of weeks ago, I received a letter saying that I took out a financial loan which never happened at all. And now my mom & I are trying to get this crisis resolved and in the hopes that it won’t happen again. And I look at this identity theft situation from a Old Testament point of view. For example, the book of Job. Job himself went through hardships and misfortunes and I don’t know how long the misfortunes lasted but I do know that he remained faithful towards God. So I sincerely hope and pray that I’ll get this identity theft situation settled once and for all and permanently.

I am not a Catholic yet, I am also listening, thank you father.

I love listening to this talk again and again... thank you Fr. Chris... prayers for you, your family and community companions... i love your talks... all of them... you are anointed ... thank you for the gift of your being... God bless and protect you.🥰

Phenomenal talk especially the story of the little girl. It also takes humility to share a story where someone else did the right thing!

Thank you Father I am teaching my friend about the Catholic. Faith she is going through breast cancer so I sent her this video. Thank you so much I’m sure these videos will help her . Pray for her that she will accept the faith. Our priest said he would go give her the sacraments if she wishes.

Good day Father Chris I include you & your parents I love all your homilies thanks

Thank you so kindly Fr. Chris. I was a lost sheep for most of my life and listening to you has revitalized my faith in God. By listening to you I realize that I know very little of my Catholic faith and how amazing our faith is.

You are not lying father Alar. The way of the Cross is the only way.

I’ve played that “White Castle “ story many times Brought my fiancé to tears of joy My mom lost four children 2 full term and two still born I know my siblings are praying for me They would have been all older than me . One girl just two years older. I am the baby of my family I CANNOT WAIT to see all of them ❤😭✝️

Thank you Fr. Chris for this great presentation. Now I realized why I suffered this much since childhood.

I look forward to all the teachings.

Father, I listen every day. Thank you.

What a powerful explanation father Chris! God bless you and your staff🙏🙏🙏

Lord Jesus, I offer my pain, depression and suffering up to the poor souls in Purgatory so that they may be granted Eternal Life in heaven! In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, AMEN

You are indeed the modern Fulton Sheen Father Chris!!!! Hope you will continue your mission....

God bless you Fr Chris and all the people who make this broadcast possible! I have experienced the same as the man you have encountered before with Fr Alan at White Castle, my only brother, the youngest in the family (he is only 4 years old) died last October 4 of disease, we are devastated, hurt, suffering and out of words. But the Word of God through prayers and especially rosary helped me get through it (little by little). I prayed for my brother and all saints with Holy Mother Mary to help me in praying for the rest of my family and all the people to pray the rosary and offer our sufferings to Heavenly Father for the redemption of souls and to unite us to Him forever.

Thank you fr Chris Alar for taking great time to make us understand each word so that we can fallow the Lord's ways from Bombay .

Thank you Father, your presentation is awesome. It had a lot of meaning . I am not a Catholic “yet” but I am listening...🤭

Father Chris, this is pivotal in my life. Thank you, thank you, thank you. You have turned decades of misery into joy. Now I understand redemptive suffering. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! What a gift!!!

Suffering brings you to Your knees and closer to God

As always, Father, this has been a very inspirational talk. My God bless and keep you.

Fr. Chris thank you for sharing your sufferings with us. We are all human on the face of this earth and suffering is inevitable, so although it is sad to hear of these sufferings, I am grateful that you have shared this with us. Our family has been hit back to back with over six deaths in the barely over a year and our daughter suffering with health problems related to a severe car accident. We have submitted prayer intentions at your chapel. Sometimes through this I struggle with my faith and wonder why all the suffering, so thank you for helping make some sense of all of this. God bless your work. We pray for your health and that of your parents and your sister.

I love this! THANK YOU 🙏🏼 SO MUCH!!💓💐✝️🕊❤️💕❤️ I am a REGISTERED NURSE from Southern California! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸⛪️💐❤️

AMEN AMEN AMEN🙏🙏🙏 THANK YOU FATHER FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE IT JUST TOUCH MY HEART AND LIGHT MY MIND I SUFFERED PAIN FROM 2009 UNTIL NOW 2021 JESUS KING OF MERCY I TRUST IN YOU❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏

We joined you from Perth Western Australia. We pray for help that my husband can get some help from his illness.God Thy word be done. Have Mercy for us and for the whole world, God Bless you Fr.Chris,

It's always a blessing to listen to Fr. Chris and these wonderful talks.

Thank your father amazing explanation🙏

Thank you father Cris, I needed this today, God bless you ♥️

I very much loved this Fr.Chris it's like the Holy Spirit led me here n meant to see this just so to know where I stand; as part of my healing there were some gud points of my 'Defining moment's-- it's clear that God really made me go through this. Partly, this was my answered prayer to God. God bless u n Thank U so very much for all the wisdom n consoling words u said here Frather!!!

I love your teachings Father Chris, this one is helping me to write an essay on St.Bernadette.

This might be one of my favorites by Father Chris!

Father Chris I pray our Lord for your physical health. You are an instrument of God for the salvation of souls. Thanks so much for your explanations. I offer our Lord all my joys and my sufferings.

Thanks for sharing. God bless 🙏 . From the Philippines.

I learned to love everyone and and include them in my prayers

My opinion also...is that suffering ..is also a call to return to God....so many people turn thier back to God.....its also a kind of cleansing our soul..needs to be pure and holy to enter heaven......

May God be with your spirit too father! Thank you Father! This was wonderful!

Thank you Father. I'm completing my RCIA, and your talks are of immense help in deepening my love and understanding of God and the church. This talk in particular has completely answered so many previously unanswered personal questions. Those unanswered questions were a real stumbling block to my spiritual growth. Now, I feel that I can continue my journey less burdened. Freer. ❤️ Thank you!

Please Lord, accept our sufferings!

Thank you father. I joyfully offering all my sufferings on the Cross.🙏

Please pray for me just had my 16th surgery. Offering it up all day long. They told me I will be in pain for the rest of my life. Pray that I may have the graces to continue my journey in this life.

Love all your talks, Father!!! So grateful they are posted so we can view if we were not able to "attend" it live and to listen to again!!! Always great stuff!!! 💞

Fr Chris.... Thank you for your talk on Saturday. This talk is going to help me evangelize in my own family because some of the members have left the Church due to the scandal. I pray that by showing them your talk it will bring them back.

Thank you for your zeal. I am learning so very much.🙏❤️🙏

Father Chris 🤣 when you started doing Joel’s accent I started howling 😂 you are SO right. I used to listen to him in my mid twenties when I was confused and fallen away from my faith. So unbelievably thankful that you are putting it all out there and teaching the truth for the love and salvation of humanity 🙏🏽♥️

Wow! This is why I love Jesus and the Church so much! Wow!

Praise the Lord Jesus Christ.Ave Maria. Thank you Jesus for the sufferings I am undergoing and I am offering all the sufferings on your cross.

Dearest Father Chris, You speak of the ills of your health. Do you realize that Jesus was with you every step of the way to make sure you didn't die...why because you are a prime example of the greater good. To keep you alive was to glorify the Father, Son and Holy Ghost with the amazing talks you give. You keep people's faith strong, educate the masses on what loving God is really about and you answer all the questions that keep people from trusting God. You are the "greater good". Keep loving us with those talks. God gave you crosses to bare...you are one of his friends. Hold on to that when your faith falters. Hugs Victoria

Wow! I have learned so much tonight from your talk. Suffering can be the salvation of our and many other souls. Thank you Father.

Yell it to the mountaintops!! Thank you ….continue to teach me. I work in Assistant Living/Nursing Home as a nurse. I am in RCIA. I am YET to come to the Church of Jesus Christ 🙏🏾 How can I grow to HELP our Residents ?🙏🏾❤️

Thank you Fr. Cris for the inspirational talk. I am so enlighten of all this topic Suffering in our lives. I would like to share this in our Divine Mercy group in Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹 which i have organized since 2003. Very nice to watch, listen and absurb it in our hearts and minds during this Pandemic Covid time. God bless us all . 🙏

Thank you Fr. Chris 🙏🏽Awesome message . It is an eye opener about Suffering and the Grace attached to it . 🙏🏽

Let’s pray for all our great priest we have and to our lord so h sends us more good priest🙏🙏🙏

Thank you so much for this amazing talk. I needed this so much after the loss of my son and dad. Now I can see it.

Thank you Jesus, my Lord and my God. Thank you Rev. Fr. Chris Alar explaining us the insights of the scriptures and strengthening our faith.

Thank you very much. I am a 5th year seminarian and this helped me a lot with my dissertation on suffering. 😀

Thank you father Alar for a lesson on Suffering. I understood Lord allowed Suffering and I asked God gracefully to allow me the mourning over the lost of my beloved husband. Most of all, I shared this video to my sister who I thought most needed about her Suffering. God bless you and all Marian members.

I remember My suffering start from the moment I can speak🪔also the reason I know and realized how powerful truly God is 🪔Thanks Be to God🙏🙏🙏

I enjoy listening to you, you teach me so very much....

no wonder many of the faithful and it's the sadness in lack of cathechesis at conversion and the many faithful who have not been either thank you Fr Chris for giving all of this information that we need and grow from

This is a great sermon thank you

Thank you Fr Cris.It is so educational. God bless you dearly.

Father, you are an indescribable blessing. This was the missing link in my life. I now understand what the reason is for the things I've endured and what I will endure in the future. God Bless you!🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

What a helpful, hopeful, inspiring talk this was. It blessed me and gave me strength to bear the latest cross the Lord has sent me. Thank you God that you consider me worthy to partake in your suffering 🙏🏻

This is truly one of the most influential talks (of course I have enjoyed all of the talks). I have referred to this talk several times as I am going through a dark and difficult time right now. Thanks Fr Chris for reminding us how to offer up our sufferings. This talk has given me hope in the midst of darkness.

Thank you Fr Chris for all your informative and inspiring talks. From Singapore 🙏

Thank you

This priest just blew away the arguments of Bart ehrmann for rejecting God because of suffering.

Thank you. You have referred me to this video before when I was at another very low point in my life. And now, again, it has helped me. I desire to love suffering as God loves it. To unite everything to him, despite how imperfectly I do it. God is most deserving of my love because he has suffered everything for me. Just like during his sufferings, all I can do is put everything in his hands and do my best to unite them with him. Pray that he teaches me how, because I know I cannot do it without him. Thank you, Father. May God bless you and keep you close to him always.

Thank you so much, Father Chris! Maybe this talk will help me to have a better and more efficacious conversation with my daughter, and will result in her return to God and to our Holy Catholic Faith!

Thanks Fr 😊 for the great Faith Knowledge. God Bless you learned so much from you 🙏

father in every word you explained i am so touch and move ....thank you from bottom of my heart .....amen

Thank you Jesus for your faithful servant Fr. Alar.

Thank you so much, God bless you. - Miss Victoria Jeskey

Excellent! My heart is full beyond belief!

I pray for souls in purgatory daily- there is a litany on youtube you can pray for the souls in purgatory

Your talk on suffering reminds me about a passage from Mary's Magnificat: He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly; he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty. Luke 1:52‭-‬53 NRSV-CI Thank you Fr Chris for your talks.

Thank you Fr Chris. I enjoy your informative video’s!!!

Father Chris Alar thank you for your insight and inspiration in details for the topic :-Suffering: Why Does God Allow It?

Wonderful inspiring Thank you

A moment of doubt and resentment about the issues I am facing in my life has led me to this video. This video has given me hope for the circumstances in my life, and maybe it is up to me to come to terms and accept that maybe whatever has happened is indeed for the good, especially for my soul. In your charity, please pray for me that God can grant His mercy on me a sinner

Thank you father, I have been struggling to understand this for a long time.

Dear Father you just matched my thought for my family and curse we carry. sorry i missed this video but prayer thought me we can reduce the sufferrings of our loved ones by sufferring for christ. Thank you Father@Marian Helper A Thomas Wilson

So glad GOD led me to you, Father, I love listening to you