The Plague Father Paneloux gives two sermons throughout the novel The Plague. Throughout the novel many people lose their faith due to their struggles with the terrible plague. Father Paneloux speaks about the plague and why it is happening. Father Paneloux’s faith is tested just like the citizens of Oran throughout the novel. In Father Paneloux’s first sermon He feels that the plague was sent from God because the people in Oran hadn’t repented for their sins. “Calamity has come on you, my brethren, and, you my brethren, you deserved it” (Camus p.94). Father Paneloux is saying this because he feels that the plague has come as a resul