Fr. Bob’s Corner

Last Weekend ‘Our Lady’s Missionaries’ made a visit to both our Parishes. Sr. Christine Gebel gave us an update on their work since her last visit with us about two years ago. As she spoke at all our Masses, she reflected on the Gospel passage of the lady who had seven deceased husbands and the Sadducees question: “In the Resurrection whose wife will the woman be?” (Lk. 20:27-39) Now in Jesus’ time a wife was more or less the property of a husband, and therefore the question not only enquired about the marriage bond in eternity, but had a connotation of ownership. As she pointed out, no one owns anybody in eternity, and in God’s kingdom in the here and now. As Christians we are called to love our neighbor as our selves, and to live in freedom, as children of God. Her insights came from the Sisters work with oppressed people around the world who are often owned by another. An example being prostitutes one of the Sisters works with in one of their missions. And, from a personal point of view and her involvement in Muslim Christian dialogue in the Philippines, she offered the insight that no one even owns God.

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Many give little thought to what it means to be human, sexual, and spiritual. Instead they absorb the cultural thought of the day, and dismiss any thought or idea which is in contradiction. Here is a little article to challenge such thinking. Read

This September the Vanier Institute in Ottawa released a study by a York University scientist (Marie Ambert) camparing & analyzing ‘marriage’ to “cohabitation’ (better known as ‘living together). The study reveals that marriage is better for spouses, children, and society. Yet, the study reports that ‘living together’ is becoming the option of choice for many couples. Deborah Gyapong from Candian Catholic News (CCN) in a recent article summarized some of the studies findings:

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