Full Episode Overview

18:24 E.J. Antoni on DOGE Efforts
29:55 Dr. Aaron Kheriaty on Suffering
37:57 Dealing with Suffering and Disease
43:12 Dealing with Sexual Trauma

CE Interview Overview

During this episode, Dr. Aaron Kheriaty explores the universal mystery of suffering and how Christians can meet it spiritually and psychologically. He emphasizes that suffering is part of the human condition—often hidden—and that asking “Why me?” is natural (echoing Job). Rather than offering tidy explanations, Dr. Kheriaty urges listeners to turn from self-centered questions toward the suffering Christ. He introduces a simple Latin aspiration, Doce me passionum tuum (“teach me your suffering”), inviting believers to focus on Christ’s passion so their own pain acquires meaning when united to His.

For the homebound and despairing, Dr. Kheriaty recommends prayer, sacramental outreach, if possible, and the consolation of accompanying Christ in His captivity. For those burdened by family sexual abuse trauma, he affirms that Christ descended even into those depths and calls listeners to hope, prayer, and redemptive offering. Dr. Kheriaty stresses that saints and Scripture show suffering can be transformative when offered to God. He points listeners to his series on Catholic Exchange (with a planned Good Friday Consecration to the Holy Cross) as a Lenten path to deepen this practice.