By Kristen Van Uden, Catholic Exchange - The world views sickness, death, slavery as prisons – Claver saw them as instruments of liberation from sin... To quote Lunn, who, inspired by the saints had himself walked the path of conversion: “There is surely something to be said for a religion that teaches men not only to relieve the sufferings of others but also to accept with courage and – supreme paradox – with gratitude the inescapable sufferings that come their way.”