The opinion article "Is God fragile?", authored by José Luís Nunes Martins and published on the Ecclesia Agency portal, explores the concept of fragility as part of human and divine nature. The author questions whether emotions are a defect or a quality, and whether we would be stronger if we lived without allowing ourselves to be touched by what happens around us.
According to the text, fragility is part of human nature, but it is each person's freedom that determines whether, in the face of daily adversities, one chooses to succumb or to seek salvation. When one yields to the temptations of the easy, the immediate, or the comfortable, fragility is confused with weakness, because responsibility for the chosen evil is not assumed. However, when one is strong, fragility becomes the foundation of goodness.
The author argues that fragility is also part of divine nature: God is strong because He is fragile. In the face of humanity's falls and misfortunes, God suffers just as a father suffers when his children fall or turn their backs on him. Love is presented as the greatest force of the human being, with fragility being one of its purest marks. Sensitivity to suffering reveals the path to heaven, through love for those who are close to us.
