Called to be Saints
I know a guy who is quite involved with a drop-in centre in downtown Owen Sound. Recently he found himself embroiled in an argument with a neighbour of the centre. The neighbour, a Torontonian, having purchased the property next door and possibly unhappy with the neighbouring clientele, was not in a good mood. This guy I know kept calm and cool (on the outside), despite the berating he received. “You are nobody,” the man shouted. “You have nothing, you own nothing, you are a
Purgatory is Good News
Purgatory is good news! The teaching on purgatory has been part of the tradition of the Church from the very beginnings of Christianity. The practice of praying for those who have died is as old as the Mass itself, dating back to the apostolic times. Praying for the dead was not an invention of the Christians, but rather, a continuation of the Jewish tradition. Jesus told us that he came “not to destroy but to fulfill” the faith of the people revealed already in the Old Te
The Four Last Things
The Catholic Church teaches that there are 4 last things experienced by all human beings in their transition from this life to eternity: death, judgment, heaven, and hell. Death occurs at the moment of the separation of our soul from our body. Every human being possess the body and the soul, which are united from the moment of conception and coexist together. At the moment of death the soul is separated from the body until the end times when the “resurrection of the body” w
From the Pastor's Desk:
The month of November creates a perfect environment for reflecting on our mortality. Don’t take it the wrong way, our mortality is actually good news. Jesus promised life eternal which would far surpass the life here on earth to those who would follow Him, and that is certainly good news. What causes problems in our “following of Him” is that we can become distracted by this world and forget about the world of Heaven and perfect union with God. One way to keep our focus i