By Paul Murano, Church Militant - Even amidst illness and death, God's love and mercy shine through… Illness and disease are physical evils, as St. Augustine taught, and not in the original plan for human life, as Aquinas reaffirmed. Mankind was offered freedom from concupiscence, suffering and death, but Adam rejected it, leaving us susceptible to illness and pandemics like the Wuhan virus… since God is Love (1 John 4:8), He wills to bring good out of the evil we unleash.