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Pavel Reid, the Director of the Office for Young Adult Ministries of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA
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2 November 2007
All Souls Day |
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Greetings!
There were three men standing at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter came out to meet them and asked, "What would you like to hear your relatives and friends sat at your funeral?"
The first man answered, "I am reknowned doctor, and I would love to hear someone say how I had been instrumental in saving people's lives and giving them a second chance."
The second man replied, "I am a family man and a school teacher. I would like to hear someone say what a great husband and father I was and that I made a difference in some young people's lives."
The third man replied, "Wow guys, those are all really great things, but I guess if I had the chance I would rather hear someone say, 'Look! He's moving!'"
At this time of the year, with the leaves dying and the days getting shorter, the Church starts to think about death. But we think of death not to mourn the fact that we will all one day die, rather to celebrate eternal life.
We know by faith that the dead will rise again, just as Christ rose again. And all who have died with Christ will live with him forever in heaven. So yesterday we celebrated All Saints Day. It's a day to celebrate our Faith in Christ, our Faith in the Resurrection of Christ from the dead, our Faith that He will raise his followers (us!) from the dead to live with him forever as his saints in heaven.
We celebrate by going to Mass. Why? Because at every Mass, God makes present for us here and now through the ministry of his priests the death of Christ on the Cross and his rising again to life. For this reason, All Saints Day is a day of "holy obligation"-- a day we must get to Mass, unless other duties prevent us.
Today is All Souls Day. We know that not everyone who dies is a saint yet. We're not all ready to go to heaven when we die. Most of us still have a lot of sin to deal with. God, in his great mercy, deals with our sin for us-- He purifies is, purges us of all our sin, before we enter into heaven. After all, who would want to have to deal with sin and failure forever?
And just as we can share salvation with others by telling them about Christ, we can share with others Christ's ministry of purging sin, by offering our prayers and sacrifices for others. After all, if we are members of Christ's Body, the Church, all his prayers and sacrifices are ours, and all of ours are his! We can offer up prayers and all the little sacrifices of our day for the souls who have died and are being purged-- all the holy souls in Purgatory.
When you have the time, do some research into the Saints, Purgatory and Indulgences. Then send me your questions.
God bless,
Pavel |
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General registration for World Youth Day is currently open. Read more about WYD and view the AMS Youth Ministry Office planning resource, accessible from the CSC website: http://www.cscmilarch.org/index/news-wyd |
 Bishop Richard B. Higgins Serves as Archdiocesan Administrator
Bishop Richard Higgins is currently serving as our Archdiocesan Administrator as the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA awaits the appointment of a new Archbishop. Read more about Bishop Higgins.
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Peterson AFB Training
Airmen from Peterson AFB were joined by two participants from Schriever and another attendee from Fort Carson for leadership training at Peterson October 14-15. |
Asia Training
CSC is now in Asia. We have been close-- we started at Anderson on Guam at the beginning of the year. But now, we have groups getting started at Misawa AFB and Atsugi NAS in Japan and at Yongsan, Kunsan and Camp Humphries on the Korean peninsula.
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