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A review by cherylcheng00
Open Heart by Elie Wiesel
4.0
Is evil just another path leading to good? In truth, for the Jew that I am, Auschwitz is not only a human tragedy, but also, and most of all, a theological scandal. For me, it is as impossible to accept Auschwitz with God as without God. But then how is one to understand His silence? As I try to explain God's presence in evil, I suffer and search for reasons that would allow me to denounce Him.
Since God is, He is to be found in the questions as well as the answers.
I now know that every moment is a new beginning. Every handshake, a promise. I know that every quest implicates the other, just as every word can become prayer. If life is not a celebration, why remember it? If life, mine or that of my fellow man, is not an offering to the other, what are we doing on this Earth?
My life, I go on breathing, from minute to minute, from prayer to prayer.
Since God is, He is to be found in the questions as well as the answers.
I now know that every moment is a new beginning. Every handshake, a promise. I know that every quest implicates the other, just as every word can become prayer. If life is not a celebration, why remember it? If life, mine or that of my fellow man, is not an offering to the other, what are we doing on this Earth?
My life, I go on breathing, from minute to minute, from prayer to prayer.