Archive For The “Faith” Category

Lenten Retreat 2012

By | February 26, 2012

I volunteered for the church’s Lenten retreat this year.  Boy, I really didn’t know there were so much work involved.  The lady from bible study asked if I wanted to give my spiel on Woman at the well scripture spiel.  I  hesitated knowing I would have to be humble and spill my guts…sort of.  Well, [...]

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A reminder for myself…

By | November 15, 2011

I found this after reading the news about the Duggars expecting their 20th kid!  So I was being a busy-body continued to read about the comments others wrote on this dangerous pregnancy the mother Duggar is going through.  One of the commentersput the below list that she copiedout from the Duggars’ website.    My opinion is [...]

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Faith in recovery for an addict

By | September 8, 2011

Since I returned home from my faith healing retreat last month, I have been vigilant with my rosary, again!  Yes, I have not been praying the rosary for many, many, many months.  I can’t even remember when I stopped my nightly rosary. Anyway, During the retreat, a team member (A) gave me her rosary, a very [...]

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The Franciscan retreat

By | August 8, 2011

Went to the above place for a spiritual retreat during the weekend.  It’s all scripture base and it was very beautiful.  This place sits on a 60-acre land.  Very peaceful place for meditation and reflection.  It is run by the Franciscans. Can’t say much about the retreat but just wanted to put up some pictures, [...]

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Churchy, Easter, all done with

By | April 26, 2011

I can heave a sigh of relieve.  Been going to church since Wednesday (19th) – Sacrament of Reconciliation.  It was a communal confession as a bunch of priests from different churches came to our church to hear us ‘fessed up!  Then the start of the Triduum on Thursday, through Saturday (23rd) – Easter Vigil.   I [...]

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Conversations re Catholicism

By | April 18, 2011

I’m baptised a Catholic but there are a lot of Catholic things I’m still quite anti about. My coworker, M, and I had a conversation about how our mass are and the Catholic churches are nowadays compare to 15, 20 years ago. I told her the church I go to is quite contemporary which is [...]

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Holy Thursday event practice

By | April 13, 2011

I signed up for an event for Holy Thursday which is next week, April 21.  I volunteered for the foot washing ritual.   Yesterday was the practice.  As far as I know Catholics perform this ritual of washing his disciples’ feet on Holy Thursday, the Lord’s last supper before He was betrayed and arrested.  It is mentioned [...]

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Had enough of church yet??

By | March 15, 2011

That was the question DB asked me on Sunday which my answer was NO! I went to church on Wednesday for Ash Wednesday evening mass.  Thursday night I was suppose to go for a night of prayer and reflection thingy but i didn’t go.  I could not muster my eyes to stay open to even [...]

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Lent season

By | March 7, 2011

How time flies….it’s the season of Lent starting this Friday.  Last year I was prepping for my baptism and the season of Lent was so new to me.  DB, being the cradle Catholic and whatever he still remembers about Lent told me what’s the dos and don’ts during Lent.  We only did our no-meat on Fridays.  This [...]

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Thankful for life adversities

By | October 25, 2010

OK, warning, if you don’t want to read about faith, you can skip this post. Yeah the title is crazy but I really thank God for life adversities, the hardships I have to go through. “No cross, no crown.”  The crosses I have to carry is part of my faith journey.  Yes, you can see [...]

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Make me a channel of your peace

By | August 31, 2010

During our don’t-know-what-is-that-class-called where non-Muslim students will gather in the Main Hall of the school. The teacher incharge was Mrs C, the most hated teacher in Main Convent, during my time. Anyway, the students will sit on the floor of the hall, we students will have our song/hymm books and sing.  Some days if there [...]

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