[Salvation]

Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Feria

First Reading: Psalm: Gospel:

Romans 6:12-18 Psalm 124:1-8 Luke 12:39-48 The most astonishing thing was that there were actually saints there, even ones who were beatified, who were passing through Purgatory. St. Severinus, Archbishop of Cologne, appeared to one of his friends a long time after his death and told him that he had been in Purgatory for having deferred to the evening the prayers he should have said in the morning. Oh! What years of Purgatory will there be for those Christians who have no difficulty at all in deferring their prayers to another time on the excuse of having to do some pressing work! If we really desired the happiness of possessing God, we should avoid the little faults as well as the big ones, since separation from God is so frightful a torment to all these poor souls! -- Sermon on Purgatory by Saint John Vianney

[Salvation]

I’ll catch up with all of you later tonight. We are hosting an excellent speaker from Mount Angel Seminary on the Gospel of St. Matthew — the readings for the next liturgical year will be taken from St. Matthew. Going shopping for what we need for 90-100 parishioners for a light supper tonight.

Our Faith Formation 101 series has proved very successful. People are hungry and hungrier for education about their Faith and the Catholic Church.

I think our priest is doing one on The Mass in the middle of November.

Bye for now.