This is an age old question, "If God is great and good, why do his followers suffer so much? Why do people have to suffer so much in their lives?" My mother has always been a devout Catholic. She goes to church every Sunday, she prays before meals, she tries to follow the Commandments, she believes. Why is she dying such a brutally painful death? Who is responsible for this? I blame my evil enemies. Harmful magic may be more powerful than God. Watching my mother die a painful death is definately shaking my faith in God. Say a prayer for my mother. Say a prayer for me.