A Catholic Theology of Suffering

Father Jim Tucker has responded to my post on suffering. Much appreciated, and very good points. My preterist eschatological perspective leads me to believe that suffering, like curses, will eventually be eradicated from the earth. I do not wish to imply that Christians are somehow exempt from suffering today. And bodily suffering - both voluntary (such as fasting) and involuntary - can bring us closer to Jesus. I just emphasize that such things are not permanent fixtures in the New Heaven and New Earth.