Tag Archive for ‘Evil’
Some Answers to an Old Riddle
Like most of us I’ve always been bugged by the age-old question: “If God is love, why does he permit so much evil and misery in the world?” Why are we afflicted with horrible diseases? Why the disasters which overwhelm innocent communities? Why did a dear one have to die from cancer or in […]
Deliver us from Evil
St. Bernard, the story goes, was a stickler for attention to prayer. After a discussion with a pilgrim on the topic he said, “If you can say the ‘Our Father’ aloud without any distraction I will give you my horse.” The pilgrim thought this was too good to be true, so he began ‘ Our […]
Benedict Speaks
On Finance and Media: Be Non-Conformists… VIS 16/2/2012 ‘We can reflect upon the Church today .There is much talk about the Church of Rome, many things are said. Let us hope that people also talk about our faith. Let us pray to God that it may be so”. The Pope then went on to refer […]
The Devil Made Me Do It
I AM tempted to suggest that the devil has put me up to today’s exercise but that would be too clever by half because what I want to talk about is, in fact, the devil. Do you ever struggle to believe in the devil? Does it make any sense to you that he can be […]
The problem of evil in the world
Like most of us I’ve always been bugged by the age-old question: “If God is love, why does he permit so much evil and misery in the world?” The goodness of God seems incompatible with the evil and suffering he permits. The biblical answer is the story of Adam and Eve who were banished from […]
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