Have To Talk About It. Did "Ozzy" Go To Heaven?

I never watched the Osborne's because i wasn't watching MTV. My husband was crazy about Ozzy. He took the death hard. i have to admit Ozzy's Momma I'm Coming Home moved me in light of what happened to him.

I also saw this question a lot on You Tube and will admit it crossed my mind. I don't mean i had to talk about it because someone insisted or i felt pressured; had to as in felt compelled. Another way of putting it is that it was in the back of my mind and i felt the need to bring it up.

I'm going to speak to it according to Catholic teaching-to the best of my knowledge as a Catholic.

As you know we have our saints. I was ecstatic when the Church canonized John Paul II.

The Church doesn't randomly picked people to be saints, nor does the Church create them. Canonization simply recognizes what God has done. We can now say this person went to heaven.This isn't to say people who have not been canonized haven't gone to heaven.

We've all heard it said of someone that he/she was a saint. I know we all have. This is our human judgement looking at someone's exemplary life and attributing it to a grace from God.

So DID Ozzy go to heaven? My answer as a Catholic and someone still in the mortal side of life is that I don't know. The Church canonizes saints but it has never ever said so and so has gone to hell. The Church will never say so and so has gone to hell.

The Church does teach how we can choose to go to hell.She does say we do not want to die in a state of mortal sin-an unrepentant sinner who has committed mortal sin.She does warn us.

We do know good from evil but we will only answer for ourselves when the time comes. I often think about the words, what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Good point.

My final answer for the question, did Ozzy go to heaven or for that matter go to hell is,l I don't know. It's up to God.

Common image of St. Michael the Archangel defeating Satan in battle. Ozzy's real name was John Michael. My advice based on the teaching of the Church is to stay away from the occult; ie magic, wicca, ouija boards, fortune telling, astrology,seances, necromancy (attempts to contact the dead)etc.Do not open that door. Unfortunately, i think Ozzy may have.

ICON OF ST MICHAEL THE WARRIOR IN BATTLE

I know Ozzy was sometimes accused of being a Satanist. He had an image, a persona that gave some people that impression. He insisted he wasn't and i took his word for it. I don't think he had a Christian upbringing either. He was a very troubled person who abused substances for much of his life.

I can't imagine being an atheist and losing a loved one. It must be an inconsolable grief. It's difficult enough. My own parents were married 60+ yrs. When i went to visit after dad's death it wasn't the same.

You could feel he was missing and mom was having a tough time; she just tried not to let on. Dad passed on July 23. Mom died the following year on June 23. We were blessed that they both passed at home. I hate nursing homes. They call them rehab centers now. Same thing as far as i'm concerned.

Dad had Parkinsons like Ozzy did. I don't now how they were treating Ozzy medically but towards the end my dad was being given morphine and getting around in a wheelchair. I'm not sure Ozzy was that far advanced.

The last thing we did for dad was take him out to the backyard to see his garden and check out their house on the way in. He wanted to be sure everything was in order for mom and of course he had to see his garden.

What got them through all the tough times they faced in their marriage was their Catholic faith. It was this faith that helped mom, dad and me get through their illnesses. While Dad had Parksinsons, mom had cancer. She faced it like a trooper.

She was there for dad although they needed some assist. She did all the things she always loved to do. I've never seen anyone face death the way she did. You wouldn't have known. Dad was there for her while she underwent chemo, radiation and surgery. Their strength always came from their faith.