We Are Not Alone: Receiving and Proclaiming the Promise of Companionship in Our Suffering

Suffering can make us feel alone and force us to confront our own spiritual poverty, where we realize no amount of money or power or influence can change the reality of our circumstances. Yet, it is in accepting our spiritual poverty that we can become strong. We are met with the grace that comes from the strength of Jesus’ companionship in our suffering. This workshop will offer practical tools and prayer practices to help us name our spiritual poverty and bring our suffering before God. We’ll learn how Jesus’ passion meets our own suffering and how to let Jesus walk with us and be our strength in difficult times.

Becky Eldredge is an Ignatian-trained spiritual director and retreat facilitator. She is the author of Busy Lives & Restless Souls and The Inner Chapel: Embracing the Promises of God. Becky leads a ministry that offers spiritual direction, resources, virtual and in-person retreats that are rooted in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. She holds an M.P.S. from Loyola University in New Orleans, M.Ed. from Louisiana State University, and a certificate in Spiritual Direction from SpringHill.