Why Is There Evil and Suffering in Our World?
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Scripture: Genesis 1:28, James 1:17, Psalm 34:18, Romans 8:28
Key Concepts
When we live in a relationship with God, we come to know God’s greatness and want to live our lives for Him.
The problem of evil is a challenge to our faith, and there is not a simple answer.
There is no way to escape the reality of suffering. The difference between Christianity and all other world religions is that we worship a God who suffers with us and desires to bring good out of it.
Key Terms
Faith: Both a gift of God and a human act by which the believer gives personal adherence to God who invites his response, and freely assents to the whole truth that God has revealed.
Moral Evil: Results from the free choice to sin which angels and men have; it is permitted by God, who knows how to derive good from it, in order to respect the freedom of His creatures.
Natural Evil: A result of the state of journeying toward its ultimate perfection in which God created the world, involving the existence of the less perfect alongside the more perfect, the constructive and deconstructive forces of nature, the appearance and disappearance of certain beings.
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Alleviating Suffering
It is important to support one another in our suffering, especially those who are most vulnerable in our society.
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Then fill out the 3 question Reflection.
Be prepared to share your experience at your next small group meeting.
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What is Catholic Social Teaching?
Catholic social teaching is a central and essential element of our faith. Its roots are in the Hebrew prophets who announced God's special love for the poor and called God's people to a covenant of love and justice. It is a teaching founded on the life and words of Jesus Christ, who came "to bring glad tidings to the poor . . . liberty to captives . . . recovery of sight to the blind"(Lk 4:18-19), and who identified himself with "the least of these," the hungry and the stranger (cf. Mt 25:45). Catholic social teaching is built on a commitment to the poor. This commitment arises from our experiences of Christ in the eucharist.
Each week, the playlist is going to contain something pertaining to Catholic Social Teaching and one of the seven themes. We are starting with Life & Dignity of the Human Person. Watch the video below for an introduction.