Part of the genius of Catholicism, the genius of the Christian worldview, is that Christianity is actually able to make sense of suffering. Most philosophies, most worldviews-- they don't know what to do with suffering. As Christians, we believe that suffering has value. And it's one of the points of distinction. It's one of the points of differentiation that sets Christianity apart from every other religion. We believe that Jesus' suffering had value, that it restored our relationship with God, and that it brought salvation to the world.
And because Christianity is an all-encompassing worldview, because Christianity is a complete way of life, we believe that our suffering has value united to Jesus' suffering. The things that don't go our way, from incredible suffering down to just an inconvenience, we're called to offer it up. We're called to offer up that inconvenience. We're called to offer up that suffering. And we believe that by offering up that inconvenience, that suffering, we'll be perfected in a new way spiritually, and that that suffering-- whether it's a struggle with cancer or an inconvenience, we believe that suffering has value.