(Please read the passage cited above first.)
St Paul writes that “all things work for good for those who love God.” I believe this, but how can I explain the evil in the world? Why is there violence and storms in the world? Why is there weakness and disabilities in the world? Why is there the coronavirus in the world?
Violence and offenses against other people can show us that forgiveness of these offenses is much better and stronger than the evil done. Weakness and disabilities can show us the charity and the presence of God among those who suffer and those who assist those who suffer.
The coronavirus, what can I say? I can say that all of us form one community, that we are all one and not many. The Chinese and the people of the United States are one. There are no differences between one and the other. We can cooperate with each other or we can kill each other. Any of us can suffer, die, be happy, or live. Each one of us can cooperate with the rest.
We can, in the love of God, wear face masks when we are outside our homes. If we do not, we can cause others to get sick through our lack of responsibility. We could get sick or make others sick.
The coronavirus can show us the love that makes the sick and their caretakers one. The sick, the medical staff, the families and we are all one and the same. Together we can live, split apart we shall die. This is the message of the coronavirus.
As far as the coronavirus goes, there are nor two classes of people, friend and enemy, but only one class, victims or possible victims.
The same goes for love: it has not two classes of people, but only one, it includes all peoples.
Florists prune their plants so that they produce better flowers. In the same way, God prunes us through difficulties to that we can produce much more good.
In God’s love, God makes all things work together for our good.