Monsignor Lorenzo Albacete Reaction Paper

How many faces does God have? Is God evil? Does God create tragedy? Or does God only provide angels? Many people died on September 11th, 2001. Many muslims, jews, catholics and atheists died. But was it God wanting to kill thousands, or was it a man acting out of the free will that God provides all men, women and children. Monsignor Lorenzo Albacete believed that the deaths on 9/11 was different than natural deaths because there was no closure. The story about my Uncle Dan’s experience of 9/11 is about how my Uncle used Catholicism to recover from the tragedy that he experienced on 9/11.
One of the interviews that struck me the most was the interview of Monsignor Lorenzo Albacete. Monsignor Lorenzo Albacete is a professor of theology at a Seminary in New York who used to serve as an associate professor of theology. This interview struck me because as a priest, Albacete has witnessed many deaths and has attended many funerals. After all of the deaths that Albacete has been through he mentioned that all of the deaths on 9/11 struck him in a different way. Albacete thought that unlike normal deaths, there was no closure for the people that lost loved ones in 9/11. One example of this is the image that he saw of the …show more content…
Albacete’s understanding is that God does not cause tragedy’s. Albacete believes in a God that shows his face in humility. The most interesting thing that Albacete did was not questioning God during such hopeless and tragic times. Albacete’s interview helped me understand that God does not cause tragedies, he only provides angels to help during tragic times. On 9/11 there are many angels that people called heroes. A couple of examples of angels on 9/11 are the first responders and people from around the world coming together to help the families of the victims. The events of 9/11 also brought our country together and made America