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
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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
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