Recently I read an article titled “Lead Singer Of Christian Rock Band Hawk Nelson Says He No Longer Believes In God”¹. It’s always a shock to read about some Christian Celebrity who loses their faith. But perhaps it should not be. Though one does not often read a headline like that…I can certainly understand where he is coming from. There are arid periods many of us go through in our faith life making us wonder about the reality of a God.

With the Covid-19 pandemic there are a lot of issues for us to digest. As Christians, how do we spiritually metabolize this situation? The theology of St. Thomas Aquinas, on creation, might offer us some things to ponder. For example, the creation of a cake has four aspects: 1…a recipe (design), 2…ingredients, 3…a baker, and 4… a purpose (a birthday or wedding). As a modern person, we would assume that the cake is created once its icing has been applied, but in Aquinas’ scheme, the apex of creation, for the cake, is when it is consumed. Its creation is only complete when it fulfils its final purpose. It is made in love, for love, accepted with love, consumed in love, and becomes love. As an aside, Hebrews 12:19 says “Our God is an all-consuming fire” so, for us creatures, the consummation of our creation is to be consumed by the fire of God’s love.