Fr. Patrick Flanagan, reflecting on the shootings at Florida State University, tells Newsmax that Good Friday is a time to remember that God also suffered with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, but is always nearby to help people with their suffering as well. 

“In so many ways, people are looking for answers,” Flanagan, who chairs the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at St. John’s University in New York, said on Newsmax’s “National Report.”

“They’re asking about God,” he added. “They’re asking about how God can let this happen? But one of the things that’s keen on the reality of Good Friday is that God suffered, that God loved God’s people so much, was passionate in that love, went to the cross to free humanity from its sins and opened the way to eternal life.”

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