When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. (And) Jesus said to her, Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come. His mother said to the servers, Do whatever he tells you. Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus told them, Fill the jars with water. So they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter. So they took it. And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came from (although the servers who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him, Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now. Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him. -The 2nd Luminous Mystery

The soul of suicide victims









The soul of suicide victims


Question from on 05-25-2007:

Is it appropriate to offer Masses for the souls of those who have committed suicide?


Answer by David Gregson on 06-11-2007:
It would depend on the circumstances. There is
no longer a blanket prohibition against Masses for suicides. Though
suicide is a grave sin, a person's responsibility is diminished if he
was not in his right mind at the time of taking his life. If, however,
the suicide was a free decision by a person in his right mind, the
Church may refuse to provide a funeral for him, particularly if doing
so would cause scandal among believers. But that wouldn't prevent
someone from privately having a Mass said for him, in the hope that he
repented at the moment of death.




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