
Day 40: God Is the Creator
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
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What Is the Christian Perspective on Creation?
The two questions, the first about the origin and the second about the end, are inseparable. They are decisive for the meaning and orientation of our life and actions. Is the universe governed by chance, blind fate, anonymous necessity, or by a transcendent, intelligent and good being called God? And if the world does come from God's wisdom and goodness, why is there evil? Where does it come from? Who is responsible for it? Is there any liberation from it? Okay, as I said, he said the first couple paragraphs of this section on the Creator and it even spells it out for us. It spells out, we shall speak first of the Creator, then of creation
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