The name of the game shouldn't be "Why, Why, Why?" Or, "What if, What if?", but it often is...the name of the game. Perhaps we don't think about it until it hits us like the proverbial two-by-four, but if God always brings good from evil for those who love Him, then asking, "Why," and "What if," must be a beneficial use of mind-time. How else may we show others (and ourselves) the Love of Jesus Christ? There is an answer, albeit a mysterious one, to why God allows evil on the earth.
I have been reminded of the movie, Sophie's Choice, many times since I first watched it. The idea is that poor Sophie (upon arriving at a concentration camp during WWII) had no choice but to choose which of her two children she would turn over to SS guards to be exterminated. She gave up her daughter and kept her son. The outcome was bad and would have been either way. Sophie, in my opinion made the wrong choice years before. Sophie's wrong choice was to say no to helping the resistance long before she even had children. Finding herself unable to choose, and yet choosing, was merely one in many bad choices in her tragic life. (((Suicide is the end for our heroine.)))
When I heard the homily (below) by this good and accented Father, I was...captured. I hope you will give it the few minutes it requires. Then ponder for yourself the question...
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