This epistle presents a theological argument regarding the purpose of pain. Written partly in solidarity with the victims of a recent 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Cebu, the author criticizes the lack of clerical emphasis on the redemptive power of suffering. It asserts that pain, when consciously united with the Passion of Christ, ceases to be senseless and becomes a channel of grace for sanctification and the benefit of others, preventing what the author calls "wasted suffering." The text encourages readers to offer their trials as intentional acts of love for purposes like the conversion of sinners, and it concludes by noting that God respects the operations of the natural world and human freedom, asking people to become His partners in responding to suffering.
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