June 2018 SPECIAL EDITION June 2016 Issue

June 2016 June 2016 V isitation Of Our Lady Parish Newsletter 3500 Ames Blvd., Marrero, LA 70072 Inside -2~Special Message from Deacon Zachary Oburu -3~Free Screening of Documentary on Divine Mercy -4~Our Summer Seminarian, Bryan DeVillier -5~Voting Catholic -6~VOL School Registration ~BBQ Cookoff -7~Prayer for Hurricane Season ~Eucharistic Adoration -8~Congratulations to Fr. Paul Clark and Fr. Francis Nguyen on their Ordination 504-347-2203 vol.org Good Stewards Know Heaven is Perfect Love, Growing Forever For much of my life, my head unfortunately dominated my heart. I believe I now have a good balance. However, during the time my head was too big for my own good, I spent lots of time debating whether anyone could prove that heaven exists. I always BELIEVED heaven exists, but I went through lots of mental gymnastics in trying to decide whether I or anyone could KNOW heaven exists. I am now older. I may not be wiser, but I am certainly more experienced. And this I know: I don’t KNOW heaven exists. I BELIEVE there is a heaven, more firmly than I have ever believed. Fortunately, for me, that’s enough. I have FAITH. My faith gives me comfort and great mental and spiritual peace. So, bear with me. Everything else I will say in this article is faith, not knowledge. Why do I believe there is a heaven? Because Jesus said so. That’s why. Read Mark 12:18-27. The Sadducees did not believe in heaven. They were arrogant about it, and they tried to trap Jesus into seeing the logic of their beliefs. In Continued on page 2... continued on page 8 Page 1