Why Does God Allow Suffering? — Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermon
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Friends, God is close to us, even in our suffering. But it seems inexplicable that he could preside over our calamities, and so we ask, “How could God do this to me?” But the Lord’s ways are not our ways, and our capacity to truly understand his will is limited. We must therefore place our trust in God’s infinite and intimate care for our souls.
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