Discovering the Christian meaning of "Suffering" The Christian meaning of suffering as explained so beautifully by Pope St. John Paul II in “Salvifici Doloris,” is deeply rooted in our Christian anthropology and correspondingly, in our corporal and metaphysical intelligence. “Suffering seems to belong to man’s transcendence…” (Salvifici Doloris 2). We are actually wired by God, to benefit individually and collectively from the experience of suffering which, paradoxically, has the capacity to push us beyond the boundaries of self-will into the will of God. Ironically, that which separates us from the Father may draw us closer to Him than we ever imagined by rebooting the divine purpose for our lives which is to grow in wisdom and love. The original sin of pride triggered suffering in the world by hi-jacking man’s natural harmony with