Donna, a
parishioner, told me that someday she is going to ask God,
“Why so much Evil, Disease, Suffering, and
Death?”
“Why
Alzheimer’s, blindness, premature death of a child, and life’s endless woes?
I thought,
“Why Wait? Ask God… Now!”
The 3 things that priests, doctors, and chaplains
have not been able to solve
or provide a satisfactory
answer: Evil, Disease, and Death.
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THE 1ST
PROBLEM: EVIL?
Where does Evil come from?
Why did Evil penetrate the heart of Cain
beneath the Gates of Paradise?
What is the solution to Evil?
Does the potential to do Evil lie “in-wait”
within the human heart?
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THE 2ND
PROBLEM: DISEASE | SUFFERING?
The
age old question: “Why do we suffer?”
Have
you ever met a person who did not have a problem, illness, or worry?
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My
son tells me that technology and science are accomplishing great things.
We have the knowledge to “postpone but not
cure” the
destruction of the body and the mind from
disease and depression.
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THE 3RD
PROBLEM: DEATH?
Betty, a Centre student, asked me:
"What is the
biggest surprise of your life?"
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“The biggest surprise
of my life is the "brevity of life"- it passes so soon and is so
fragile.”
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How often we witness, sitting at the deathbed, those
agonizing moments
when the person before
you was scared to death?
Only a few weeks earlier - death never crossed their minds.
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Who can guide us through all the uncertainties of life: Evil,
Disease, and Death?
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Christ calls us to the
Eucharistic Altar.
Christ wrote the manuscript of our lives in our hearts.
Christ knows that we will think, struggle and doubt.
Christ waits with a listening ear in the silence of our
heart.
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Only The Goodthings
deacon robert r.
lackney, 4th Day journal (Luke 9:34-36)
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