Although we’ve had our disagreements, over the decades Dennis Prager has demonstrated clearly to me that he is a very wise and thoughtful man.
Great quote—and I had not heard it before.
When unjust tragedy strikes families the clergy is often there to try to explain—and they use some of the explanations given in this thread.
They lose many parishioners as a result.
I have my own views on the best answer—but that would anger many folks here since it is nowhere to be found in the Bible—so I am not going to go there.