THE PERMITTED WILL OF GOD

TUESDAY, THIRTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Gen 19: 15-29; Ps 26:2-3,9-12; Mt 8:23-27 Moral and Natural Disasters It is difficult for human minds to comprehend the goodness of God, His infinite power, and the occurrence of physical, natural, and moral evils. But our distinction between divine will and the permitted will of God is to attain greater clarity in the matter. The fact that God created all things for the sake of man forms the background for understanding the universe and its events. The whole physical order is for the training of man to be like God. It is a school where we learn the order in nature which flows from the Eternal Word of God. Without the original fall, the natural order is suited to lead man to a good understanding of the will of God, which would foster the incarnation of the Eternal Word. For as we have understood, God made us to be the dwelling place of His Word. The created wisdom is to prepare man to receive and habilitate the Eternal Wisdom. The decisio...