Why God Hides (and Where to Find Him) - Fr. John PortavellaWhy does God hide day in and day out from those of us who yearn to hear His voice? When we do good, there's no heavenly applause. When we do evil, no divine rebuke. And when great horrors visit us, He rarely intervenes. In good times and bad, there's just silence . . . the awful silence of God. Now comes Why God Hides, this magnum opus of Fr. John Portavella, written after many decades of listening to God's silence in his own life and in that of

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a Supreme Being who radiated love and grace

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