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Welcome ~ Bienvenue
In Friendship
Ste-Anne Roman Catholic
Parish Community
12233 Tecumseh Road East
Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada

Ste Anne's Parish is our Spiritual Home,
we welcome you into our Holy
Place of Worship
where Faith, Family & Friendship
have been vibrant since
1859.
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Père/Fr. Robert G. Couture, Pastor/Curé
Fr. Mike Graham, Administrator
Rev. Mr. Michael Rovers, Deacon
Dr. Bob Langlois, Pastoral Minister
Nancy Asciak, Coordinator of Ministry & Youth
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SAVE THE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS FOR HEAVEN
Why do bad things happen to good people? When a business fails,
illness strikes, or even at an unexpected death, we all ask some
pretty tough questions. Believers for centuries have sought to find a
balance between our free will to act and the consequences, between
God’s mercy and His judgment.
If we’re honest, each of us will admit to struggling with the subject.
We look at each of the speed bumps along life's highway and ask God,
“how come?” We want an explanation for each bit of suffering that
occurs, even seeking desperately for some sin that caused this
‘punishment”. And how frighteningly easy this is to do when we’re
analyzing the tragedy in someone else’ lives. How easy it is then to
spot that “sin”, what the sufferer did to deserve it”.
In the end all this mental exercise too often ends with us blaming
God, calling Him indifferent or vengeful, instead of looking to Him
for answers. If we turned these troublesome topics over to the
discerning Holy Spirit who lives in us, we would find greater wisdom,
or at least greater peace for those tough questions. Perhaps it’s best
that we lean on God’s love, and in the meanwhile, save our most
difficult questions for heaven.




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