[metmom]

If you don't embrace the Crucifixion, the suffering of God, whose suffering can you have empathy for?

We cannot identify with the suffering of God because not only is God beyond our comprehension, but the depths of what He suffered is as well.

I CAN empathize with others' suffering because I myself have suffered, as has everyone else on this planet.

That is one reason why Catholicism is referred to as a more complete faith, because we remember his birth, his life as a child and adult (that which we know), and his death and his rising.

Baloney.

Faith is faith and I don't think that there's a believer around who is any less familiar with Jesus' life and death than any catechized Catholic.

Y'all are not as special as y'all think you are. That's spiritual pride and right there knocks out any claims of spiritual superiority.

[mlizzy]

Y'all are not as special as y'all think you are.

I'm not special. It's Jesus in the Eucharist who is special. It's his mother, Mary. It's the saints. It's confession, adoration, etc........ Catholicism has been the faith road taken by over 10,000 saints, all of whom were extraordinary examples of Christianity [and have credited Jesus for same], through their various workings. Maybe some day you'll meet a saint [I believe I've met at least three; my brother-in-law, my father-in-law, and a woman I met on Facebook!], and see that the Catholic faith carries something "special" [more complete] indeed.

[mlizzy]

We cannot identify with the suffering of God because not only is God beyond our comprehension, but the depths of what He suffered is as well.

Really sick/persecuted, holy, people understand pretty well. Saints with the stigmata were reminded minute-by-minute. The others more healthy should at least try to comprehend, as there is much to be learned on the Cross.