Believing in God and His Church

I just found a priest name Edward on youtube who left the Church back in the mid 60's. He lost his faith in GOD and in His Church from what he calls a problem he has with God allowing so much pain and suffering in the world. Here is what I shared with him and give me your comments:

Yes there is a God, Edward. To believe there is no God is to give into great sadness. I too have served in the Church and have found many priests, theologians and others who serve rejecting many important teachings of the Church and who serve in quiet rebellion against the Holy Father. I lost so much respect for many priests and fear they quietly lead many astray with their "tickle the ear" theology and their unwillingness to uphold very important teachings of the Catholic Church. Yet I believe in God despite the many sad things I see in the world and in His Church because if I rejected His existence now, I would be really hopeless.

I choose DAILY to believe in the Eucharist despite the fact it goes against my rational thinking but fits perfectly with the challenge our Lord demands for us to trust in Him. It is very easy to rationalize our Faith away and it seems you have done this. You will always be a priest for all eternity so why not be a great one who believes despite what the natural mind holds on to! Be brave and DO NOT BE AFRAID to trust Him with all that is not normal, or rational or easy to understand.

Take that step out of your atheistic 'comfort zone' of your own making and get back in the Church so your testimony will stand as that of Christ in the Garden, when He too asked for a different cup that seemed to make more sense than the one He was being given to drink from. Be brave and come back so you can show others how to take a risk worth taking, the risk to be what God is demanding us to be: FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS OF THE CRUCIFIED KING! His victory waits for us on the other side, we just have to take hold of it and know that IT IS FINISHED. Your doubts only are opportunities to become what God intended you to become, HIS CHILD. Look at the doubting Thomas who was given the opportunity to believe without seeing the risen Lord and how sad it was for him to lose such a blessing to believe without proof! This is the kind of Christian our Lord is calling you to become. Don't miss the opportunity.

Phil Brady