Emphasizing that suffering is not inherently good, Prof. Bruce Marshall explains how uniting our personal griefs to Christ's redemptive sacrifice during the Eucharist transforms pain into a path of divine intimacy and resurrection hope.

This lecture was given on October 3rd, 2026, at Dominican House of Studies.

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About the Speaker:

Bruce D. Marshall is Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine at Southern Methodist University, and in 2023 he held the Aquinas Chair in the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum in Rome. He is the author of Trinity and Truth and Christology in Conflict, and at present he is completing a book entitled The Primacy of Christ: Faith, Reason, and the Cross. Marshall has written extensively on the doctrines of the Trinity, the person and redemptive work of Christ, the Eucharist, the Catholic Church and non-Christian religions, and the relationship between faith and reason. He received his B.A. from Northwestern University and his Ph.D. from Yale University, and is a past President of the Academy of Catholic Theology.

Keywords: Suffering, Passion, Prayer, Despair, Resurrection, Theology Of The Cross, Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Eucharist, Contemplation, Redemptive Suffering, Redemption, Saint Paul, Christian Joy