A social order bent on producing wealth as an end in itself cannot avoid the creation of a people whose souls are superficial and whose daily life is captured by sentimentalities. They will ask questions like â€œwhy does a good God let bad things happen to good people â€ such people cannot imagine that a people once existed who produced and sang the psalms. If we learn to say â€œGod â€ we will do so with the prayer â€œMy God my God why have you forsaken me?

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