Monday, October 29, 2012

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com: Hurricane Sandy Presents Complex Questions About God For Clergy And The Faithful As Victims Cope

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Hurricane Sandy Presents Complex Questions About God For Clergy And The Faithful As Victims Cope
Oct 30th 2012, 03:25

NEW YORK -- When a partially-collapsed construction crane began teetering from a Manhattan high-rise a block from the home he shares with fellow Jesuit priests, the Rev. James Martin said he felt fear and concern -- for him and his neighbors -- as Hurricane Sandy battered New York City and the East Coast. He posted a photo of hectic scene on Twitter, while a friend shared a video of flooding near the Jesuit house in Cape May, N.J, one of his favorite places with some of his most loved people. "Really depressed about this," Martin tweeted.

Usually, clergy members like Martin, an assisting priest at St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church on New York's Upper East Side, are the ones comforting the afflicted. But when buildings are swaying, debris is flying, and the lights begin to flicker, even they get a bit distraught.

"Natural disasters are difficult to understand. For even the most devout person who may be faced with a catastrophic loss, it can really shake them," Martin said on Monday. "It's one thing to read about this in a theology book. It's another to have your house swept away."

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