By Casey Chalk, Catholic World Report - Through his profession, (Robert Collins, MD) perceived what makes Catholic thinking different: that our suffering can be united to the sufferings of Christ. Moreover, as St. Paul teaches in Colossians 1:24, we can “complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the Church.” Just as Christ redeems humanity through his salvific suffering on the Cross, Collins discovers, “we, in union with him as members of his Body, are perhaps playing a role in bringing his redemption to the part of the world that we touch.”