What if the way to endure suffering is not to run from it, but to find deep healing through it?
In Offer It Up: Discovering the Power and Purpose of Redemptive Suffering, learn how God can repurpose your pain to become redemptive—benefitting not only your own soul, but others’ too.
Author Megan Hjelmstad draws from her experience with chronic illness to address the fear, grief, limitation, and needs that accompany suffering. Along the way, readers will be given practical tools to face any cross with purpose and peace.
Through solid Catholic teaching, authentic personal stories, and the heroic witness of the saints, Offer It Up shines a bright light on the path to sharing our suffering with Christ.
Offer It Up is an irreplaceable companion for all who need hope in hard times.
Megan Hjelmstad is a Catholic author, speaker, and proud hockey mom residing in Denver. She spent fifteen years in the United States Army and currently serves the Church through Blessed is She, a global Catholic women’s ministry. Megan is passionate about helping others find hope through redemptive suffering, embrace their God-given identity, and discover practical tools for personal holiness. Learn more at MeganHjelmstad.com.
“Megan Hjelmstad is a talented writer who shares her experiences of redemptive suffering with vulnerability and wisdom emanating from her intimate relationship with Jesus. This book is sound theologically and will be a gift for anyone who reads it.”
Bob Schuchts, Founder, John Paul II Healing Center
“In Offer It Up, Megan Hjelmstad transforms a trite slogan into an invigorating battle cry. Those who are suffering in mind or body, as well as their caretakers, will find ample encouragement to embrace their cross and participate more intimately in our Lord’s saving mission.”
Scott Hahn, Founder and President, St. Paul Center
“I firmly believe this book is for you because I believe this book is for everyone. In Offer It Up, Megan Hjelmstad speaks to the heart of every human person’s unavoidable relationship with suffering. With tremendous grace, she deals with both the weighty whys and practical hows of suffering, giving dignity to our personal stories and our unique soul’s experience. This topic is a sacred one, and Megan is the perfect guide because she knows the way well—she has walked it with Jesus herself.”
Beth Davis, Director of Formation, Blessed is She
“Pain is part of life, but united with Jesus, it can be among the most beautiful and meaningful parts of life. But that takes work. Megan Hjemstad shows us how in down to earth language and through personal experience.”
Chris Stefanick, Founder and President, Real Life Catholic
“Megan Hjelmstad, with her piercing clarity and moving authenticity, has given us a treasure in her book Offer It Up. Her wisdom and experiences of suffering pave a way for us to see our own in a new, radiant light, encouraging us to likewise meet Jesus in our deepest pain and heartache.”
Beth Sri, Coauthor of The Good, the Messy, and the Beautiful
“Megan Hjelmstad is one of my favorite writers. She weaves words together with piercing clarity to make one of the most mysterious truths of our faith—the redemptive power of suffering—raw and real and somehow, marvelously, beautiful. St. Elizabeth of the Trinty, in the depths of her own suffering, said we would ‘climb our calvary singing.’ In this exquisite book, Megan shows us how this paradox is possible.”
Claire Dwyer
Author, This Present Paradise and Cofounder, Write These Words
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