The End of Suffering: Finding Purpose in Painstar rating 5M. Therese CaseyOctober 10, 2009Cairns gives us so much more than one expects from the title. A deep, mature look at our relationship with God, Trinity, Christ. A sensitive, wry view of our struggling lives. He keeps good company Simone Weil, desert fathers and mothers, poets. I was deeply touched by his thoughts. I'm going on to his other works.