Redemptive suffering Redemptive suffering Redemptive suffering is the Christian belief that human suffering, when accepted and offered up in union with the Passion of Jesus, can remit the just punishment for one's sins or for the sins of another, or for the other physical or spiritual needs of oneself or another. Like an indulgence, redemptive suffering does not gain the individual "forgiveness" for their sin; forgiveness results from God’s grace, freely given through Christ, which cannot be earned. After one's sins are forgiven, the individual's suffering can reduce the "penalty" due for sin. Christians believe that God loves mankind so much that
Sonnet on the Great Suffering of Jesus Christ words that are very rare in the Polish language. A similar poetic device (') was used earlier by another Polish baroque poet, Daniel Naborowski in the poem "The Brevity of Life" (in Polish '). The poem has been translated into English by Michael J. Mikoś. Sonnet on the Great Suffering of Jesus Christ "Sonnet on the Great Suffering of Jesus Christ" (in Polish ') is a poem by the 17th-century Polish poet Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski. The poem is the last in the sequence "The Poems of Lent" (in Polish '). The poem is written in the manner of Italian or