Overcome with Paschal Joy: Carrying your Cross in the Joy of the Paschal Mystery

by Rev. Matthew Pohlman

In Overcome with Paschal Joy, Rev. Matthew Pohlman invites readers into the paradox at the heart of the Christian life: that suffering, united to Christ, becomes a source of joy. Drawing from Scripture, personal experience, and the richness of the Church’s tradition, this reflective work shows how carrying the cross is not opposed to joy but fulfilled in it. Rooted in the Paschal Mystery, it offers hope, meaning, and spiritual encouragement for everyday trials.

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TESTIMONIALS

“With wisdom that can only come from grace and lived experience of suffering, Fr. Matthew Pohlman proclaims to us the joy that is already ours in this life even while we carry the Cross and grief and pain pass through our hearts.  As I turned each page, I felt like I was sitting with an understanding father and an encouraging brother who understood my weakness and sorrows, and yet, gave me reason to rejoice.  Without undermining the mystery of suffering and the Cross, he shows with clarity how paschal joy already belongs to us as disciples of Christ and adopted children of the Father. If you wish to rejoice even while the Cross marks your life, read on!  May paschal joy be yours!” –  Sister M. Bernadette Morse, FSGM

“A luminous and pastorally grounded meditation, Pohlman’s work bridges theological depth with lived experience, revealing the Paschal Mystery not as abstraction, but as a transformative path where suffering is transfigured into enduring Christian joy.” – Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, author of The Narrative Spirituality of Dante’s Divine Comedy

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Fr. Matthew Pohlman is a priest of the Archdiocese of Omaha. He earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy and Catholic Studies at the University of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota while in formation at Saint John Vianney College Seminary. He then studied at the Pontifical North American College in Rome and earned his baccalaureato in Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. Following this, he earned a diploma through the Institute of Spirituality at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas and a certificate for the Course of Pastoral Formation Practices through the Dicastery for the Clergy.

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