Can you prove that God exists?
What convinces me that God exists, or God is present, is just in terms of people that I have met, like when I think about my childhood, my memories of it. People of faith. I'm talking about my two uncles who were priests. My memories of joy and freedom and laughter and fun come from these men visiting us. There was always that sense of “you can do anything you want here” and they were really friendly. And then people who have inspired me to become my best are people who have been religious, who have had faith as part of their life: my relations, church. Helping one another is important. The other thing I find is that just in the goodness of people when I meet them. Just some of the most heart rending stories that people have to tell and as a priest you would meet that very often. If there is no God, then where is this hope that the people have coming from? Because there is so much hope in those people, they've gone through everything, some of them. They've lost everything and there is still hope and that has to be something of a miracle in our world. And God is who gives us that hope, and then I would be inspired. I've been inspired by people of faith like Mother Theresa, Bishop Tutu in South Africa, Bishop Hurley also, one of our oblate bishops in South Africa who worked for the change that happened there, who gave their lives in different ways. And just in a personal conviction, deep down, I'm a Christian because I'm loved. I can't explain to you why, but deep down I know I'm loved. It comes from my family, my people that I'm around and everything else. But you can take them all way and somehow I know I'm still loved and that's a conviction and that for me is God telling me that.
