One of the realities of the human condition is that our bodies degrade over time. That causes everyone, whose life is not cut short by disease and injury, to eventually experience physical suffering. This is part of God’s Plan of Providence and serves several useful purposes, even for the people experiencing excruciating, unrelenting pain. The most important of these is that the pain is a vivid reminder that we are mortal and that as much as we dislike the message, we do not control our…