lilian on January 19th, 2009

ShareI have to force myself out of bed at 6 am on Sunday morning because I couldn’t attend mass on Saturday or the regular 10 am on Sunday due to the long hours of the course I am taking. I was torn between skipping church, steal a few more hours of sleep or [...]

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lilian on January 11th, 2009

ShareI was on duty on both days. Yesterday sunset mass homily and this morning homily for Baptism of the Lord were by different priests. One priest talked about the scripture and he told us the historical facts. The other priest talked about his visit to the Holy Land and the unimpressive, dirty, [...]

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lilian on January 4th, 2009

ShareToday is the Epiphany of the Lord. I do not know much about its significance except the visit of the Three Kings to pay homage to baby Jesus. However, I have a rush of overwhelming feelings which is so hard to explain. I do not know what hit me except that I [...]

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lilian on January 1st, 2009

ShareThe first of January is World Peace Day and the Catholic church also celebrates the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. So, it is not so much a New Year’s celebration but rather a call to remind us about world peace, how we can play a part in it and why we have this [...]

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lilian on December 27th, 2008

The Holy Family is of course, Joseph, Mary and Jesus.So, you see, it is fine that I think the Holy Family was pretty much the dysfunctional family, back then, before we know that Jesus is the Son of God, before we know Mary is the Mother of God.

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