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Awakened from my Dream: Illness and Spiritual Development in Newman
- Newman Studies Journal
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Volume 1, Number 2, Fall 2004
- pp. 5-15
- 10.1353/nsj.2004.0010
- Article
- Additional Information
Abstract:
Most people do their utmost to avoid any and every type of suffering; yet, as this experience-based article shows, Newman, early in life, came to realize from his own illnesses that physical suffering can bring the sufferer to an awareness of the presence of God and so be an important part of personal spiritual development.