The Transformation of Suffering: Reflections on September 11 and the Wedding Feast at Cana in Galilee

Father Thomas Keating explores the tragedy of September 11 from the perspective of Christ consciousness and its ongoing emergence in the world. Describing the attacks of that day as the culmination of the growing violence and disregard for life during the last century, he nevertheless shows us how to see the consequent suffering as an expression of Christ’s agony on the cross extended to all humanity.

In the second half of The Transformation of Suffering, Father Keating relates the story of ...