In suffering, we all agree on one point—we don’t like it. But there are many disagreements on how to avoid suffering, and what to do when it inevitably catches up with us. The inevitability of suffering We think of suffering as harmful (whether physical or...
Fr. Spitzer answers the question, “How can I trust in God with unshakable confidence?” Trusting in the Lord can be difficult, but one must abandon themselves to Divine Providence. When trust seems just too hard and if one is just too tired, Fr. Spitzer...
The following article was written by Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ, Director of the the Vatican Observatory and President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. The article first appeared in The Tablet (April 4 2020 issue), followed by the Vatican Observatory’s blog,...
There is a story told of a little boy who comes running to his mother exclaiming joyfully, “Momma, look what I found for you!” He is clutching a beautiful rose in his little fist, and the mother sees instantly that his hand and wrists are scratched and bleeding. No...
It often happens that people use evil in the world as an argument against the very existence of God. Bluntly, if God is good, how can it be that a child gets cancer? How can it be that a young mother dies, or that a friend becomes paralyzed? Why do bad things happen...
How could God allow that tragedy? Why didn’t He save her? I’ve been praying, why haven’t I been healed? Many people, even those of great faith, have struggled to reconcile suffering and tragedy with God’s omniscience and omnipotence. Why do some people receive...
