In our better moments, whenever tragic events happen, we are so moved by them we naturally ask the question, “Why?” “Why did this happen?” “How can things like this happen in our world?” Eventually, we grapple with the question of meaning. We are a meaning-making people with a strong need to understand the tragic events that occur in the world.
Morris West, the Catholic novelist, wrote in The Clowns of God, “Man is a creature who walks in two worlds and traces upon the walls of his cave the wonders and the nightmare experiences of his spiritual pilgrimages.” We’re created by God to make meaning out of the chaos and the incomprehensible. When the chaos erupts, our minds and hearts go immediately to the task of trying to make the puzzle pieces of life fit together so we can understand and move forward.
We are a community (of faith) who gather to support one another as we ask the big questions.
