Question about Miracles

[pgnat1]

Hi, and thank you for reading this question.

Now, before you read this, I just want to assure you that I am 100% Catholic, believe in God, and am not trying to question God. I just want a better understanding about something.

I believe in miracles, and I am sure you do too. However, I just cannot understand why exactly God would cure one person, but then not cure the rest. Does this have something to do with God’s Plan for us, and miracles are supposed to reinforce our beliefs?

I am having a hard time understanding this. However, I think it may all lead back to the question of suffering and why God would allow suffering. Currently, I am trying to read “The Problem of Pain” which is said to answer some of these questions. I have also dipped into “Miracles” by C.S. Lewis as well regarding some of these questions…

So, my main question is “Why does God only grant certain people miracles? Why does He not cure all people?”

And please, I am only a 16 year old and am not trying to question God. I love Him, I just need a better understanding so I can see Him more fully.

Thank you

 

[ready]

God does for each one whatever is best for his/her soul; whatever will give Him the greatest honor; and whatever is best for others. If it were best for us all, God would heal us all of our illnesses; but it isn’t best for us all to be healed, so Our Lord cures only those who would truly benefit spiritually by a cure and He refrains from curing those who would truly not benefit spiritually by a cure. I hope this helps you.

 

[pgnat1]

God does for each one whatever is best for his/her soul; whatever will give Him the greatest honor; and whatever is best for others. If it were best for us all, God would heal us all of our illnesses; but it isn’t best for us all to be healed, so Our Lord cures only those who would truly benefit spiritually by a cure and He refrains from curing those who would truly not benefit spiritually by a cure. I hope this helps you.

Thanks ready!

 

[InLight247]

As Isaiah 55:9 says:

"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

God is God. There are too many things we do not understand. There is no way for a little cup to contain all the water in the ocean. All we can do is to trust and accept God’s Holy will.

 

[Ad_Orientem]

In addition to what Ready wrote, the following are possible reasons why sickness, deformities, etc., might be good for someone’s soul:

When things are going our way, when we are healthy and enjoy physical beauty, we tend to think well of ourselves, take blessings for granted, or even attribute our good fortune to ourselves. In other words, it is an occasion for pride, the deadliest sin of all. Some are more prone to these sources and forms of pride than others.

In any case, we all die, usually after losing our health and physical beauty. This is an opportunity to offer penance for our sins, but even before it happens we can prepare ourselves by facing the reality of our morality and fragility, and that life is a gift.