Two questions have made many arguments and many people leaving the church is: Why is there suffering and why does God allow it? If God was all loving and peaceful, why doesn’t he stop wars, poverty, killing, drugs, and death? Well, as Catholics and Christians alike, we need to know why or else our faith will become susceptible to destruction...
Suffering is the result of human sin, original sin. When Eve and Adam bit into that fruit, suffering, sin, and pain was unleashed upon the Earth. There is all types of suffering, there is moral suffering, physical suffer, mental suffering, and natural suffering. When we burn, break, cut, and damage our body, sin is manifesting itself. The fact is that pain, death, and suffering brings us face to face with who we are, that we are weak, that we are not in control, and that we all die …show more content…
Why would God take my mom, or dad, son, daughter, etc? Why would God let so much pain and hunger in Africa and all around the world? The reason why is that God is testing your faith and love for him. Our job here is to learn. We learn from the "challenges" of our life experiences and sufferings. Suffering tests us and brings us closer to God. The Catechism of the Catholic Church puts it perfectly here:” The Holy Spirit makes us discern between trials, which are necessary for the growth of the inner man, and temptation, which leads to sin and death. We must also discern between being tempted and consenting to temptation. Finally, discernment unmasks the lie of temptation, whose object appears to be good, a “delight to the eyes” and desirable, when in reality its fruit is death.” What the Catechism is saying, is that by suffering and the trials of our lives helps us understand ourselves and our souls, and by doing so, we are supposed to make ourselves a better person through these
Suffering is the result of human sin, original sin. When Eve and Adam bit into that fruit, suffering, sin, and pain was unleashed upon the Earth. There is all types of suffering, there is moral suffering, physical suffer, mental suffering, and natural suffering. When we burn, break, cut, and damage our body, sin is manifesting itself. The fact is that pain, death, and suffering brings us face to face with who we are, that we are weak, that we are not in control, and that we all die …show more content…
Why would God take my mom, or dad, son, daughter, etc? Why would God let so much pain and hunger in Africa and all around the world? The reason why is that God is testing your faith and love for him. Our job here is to learn. We learn from the "challenges" of our life experiences and sufferings. Suffering tests us and brings us closer to God. The Catechism of the Catholic Church puts it perfectly here:” The Holy Spirit makes us discern between trials, which are necessary for the growth of the inner man, and temptation, which leads to sin and death. We must also discern between being tempted and consenting to temptation. Finally, discernment unmasks the lie of temptation, whose object appears to be good, a “delight to the eyes” and desirable, when in reality its fruit is death.” What the Catechism is saying, is that by suffering and the trials of our lives helps us understand ourselves and our souls, and by doing so, we are supposed to make ourselves a better person through these