At the Sunday Angelus, May 14, His Holiness Pope Francis says that the Holy Bible provokes change and invites us to conversion, like a fire that warms us with God's love, burning away our selfishness and moving us to share His love with others.
It is definitely the love for Lord Jesus that rekindles the flames of faith by eliminating the bleak past so that days to come would by filled with divine blessing and glory.
When the Almighty Lord created humans and gave them free life, certain laws were followed and established which ensure maintaining the happiness of humanity marked by prosperity and progress.
Yet, abuse of this divine freedom has led to complications that persistently caused irreversible damage to humanity, wrought havoc, and led to complications that defame human nature and shove it into abysmal depths of sin.
August 7, 2014 was a bleak day for the Christian Iraqis. It was a day when the chains of evil broke loose with sinister outcome driving thousands of people out of their homes--a matter unfamiliar in modern time--as well as causing a loss of life or rather leading to a doomed future. It was a day when evil unleashed its venom on humanity which tarnished the region with endless violence and despair whose prints are evident until this very moment.
At last a voice calling for the establishment of peace in the Middle East and worldwide has been "reverberating" and covering large swathes of territory, including Iraq and Saudi Arabia among others, while reaching up to thousands of listeners.
In a world shifting on the edge of instability, violence, wars, starvation, and diseases, it is important to resort to logic, grasp the irreversible disasters caused by wars, the lust for power, and listen to what perspicuous persons say while viewing the ailments of the world.
Upon reading the Holy Bible, one realizes that this divine book conveys a message of love, peace, harmony, and forgiveness. Yet delving further into this holy book, one realizes that it extends a unique and nonpareil message which provides healing and innate peace to all those who walk in the steps of Lord Jesus Christ.
Fr. Jacques Hamel who has all the years preached the message of love and peace was martyred by being stabbed by evil hands demonstrating Satanic intentions that target pious people.
July 26, 2022 marks the 6th anniversary of the martyrdom of Fr. Jacques Hamel who was brutally slain while celebrating Holy Mass and pointing his testimony for Lord Jesus when two armed men stormed the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray in Normandy. In the attack Fr. Hamel’s throat was slit and the attackers were identified as extremists.
A heinous terrorist crime took place on Sunday, July 24, while peaceful people were celebrating the inauguration of the Hagia Sophia Church--about 30 miles northwest of Hama, Syria--which was built as a replica of Instanbul’s Hagia Sophia.
At least one civilian was killed and 12 others were injured and material damage was caused as a result of the attack.
Over the past few months, extremists escalated their attacks on priests in Nigeria with gunmen kidnapping them and later killing them, thus creating an atmosphere of fear and confusion among the believers.
On Sunday, 19 June 2022, gunmen attacked two churches in rural northwestern Nigeria and killed three people, weeks after a similar attack in the West African nation that left 40 worshippers dead.
In our world catastrophes continue to rain down on people indiscriminately. Yet, good people who have strong faith suffer as well from time to time from hardships that negatively affect every walk of their lives. Thus, so long that God is good and loving, why does He allow evil and suffering to exist?
