Souls generally do not fall away from Christ because of the Creed; they first have difficulty with the Commandments.
Fulton J. SheenLove burdens itself with the wants and woes and losses and even the wrongs of others.
Fulton J. SheenCalamity, war, famine, plague, death, adversity, disease, injury do not necessarily produce repentance. We may become better in a calamity but it does not necessarily make us repent. The essence of repentance is that we cannot be repentant until we confront our own self righteousness with God's righteousness.
Fulton J. Sheen