Merry Christmas
For unto us a child is born
Unto us a son is given
And the government shall be upon his shoulders
And his name shall be called wonderful.
Counsellor, the mighty God.
The everlasting Father.
And the Prince of Peace is He.
After a half day of work, I headed down to Vivo to do some last minute desperate shopping. The crowd of desperate people was huge. Amazing how some people like to do last minute shopping. Tsk tsk.
Christmas is always so pleasant. I headed down to church for midnight mass. I love midnight masses. The atmosphere is just so different.
Fr. Luke celebrated mass and did the homily at midnight. I think we all kinda waited in anticipation for his cold joke to come, just as he promised it would.
His homily ended beautifully. He said he couldn't give each and every one of us a present even though he wanted to. So he ended up giving us something which he could. His voice. He sang The Christmas Song. Thank you, Father. It was beautiful.
After mass, the group of us headed for supper at Serangoon Gardens till 3am. Thank you, Matthew, for your treat and the ride back home.
For JY who has asked me kindly what Catholics believe in, I don't think I can tell you here in one post every single thing we believe in, but I guess I'll just state the basics and clear the common misunderstandings. I know just exactly what you want to know. If Catholics don't worship Mary, then why is it whenever you think of the word 'Mary' you automatically think of Catholics?
So here goes. *Takes a deep breath*
Catholics believe in the Holy Trinity - Father (God), Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit, and that Jesus is the only son of God, sent down to die on the Cross for us all. Since its the holy trinity in one, Jesus is both God and Man. The Virgin Mary is the Mother of Jesus. Catholics do not worship Mary but respect her for who she is (Mother of God). We ask her to pray for us, just as we would ask a friend to pray for us, but we never pray to her for stuff. That's only reserved for God. The same goes for saints. Saints are there to pray for us as well.
Okay, this little paragraph is not exhausive. This is probably only scratching the surface of Catholicism, but 4.30am now and I'm tired.
Have a Merry Christmas, people!
God Bless You.
Unto us a son is given
And the government shall be upon his shoulders
And his name shall be called wonderful.
Counsellor, the mighty God.
The everlasting Father.
And the Prince of Peace is He.
After a half day of work, I headed down to Vivo to do some last minute desperate shopping. The crowd of desperate people was huge. Amazing how some people like to do last minute shopping. Tsk tsk.
Christmas is always so pleasant. I headed down to church for midnight mass. I love midnight masses. The atmosphere is just so different.
Fr. Luke celebrated mass and did the homily at midnight. I think we all kinda waited in anticipation for his cold joke to come, just as he promised it would.
His homily ended beautifully. He said he couldn't give each and every one of us a present even though he wanted to. So he ended up giving us something which he could. His voice. He sang The Christmas Song. Thank you, Father. It was beautiful.
After mass, the group of us headed for supper at Serangoon Gardens till 3am. Thank you, Matthew, for your treat and the ride back home.
For JY who has asked me kindly what Catholics believe in, I don't think I can tell you here in one post every single thing we believe in, but I guess I'll just state the basics and clear the common misunderstandings. I know just exactly what you want to know. If Catholics don't worship Mary, then why is it whenever you think of the word 'Mary' you automatically think of Catholics?
So here goes. *Takes a deep breath*
Catholics believe in the Holy Trinity - Father (God), Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit, and that Jesus is the only son of God, sent down to die on the Cross for us all. Since its the holy trinity in one, Jesus is both God and Man. The Virgin Mary is the Mother of Jesus. Catholics do not worship Mary but respect her for who she is (Mother of God). We ask her to pray for us, just as we would ask a friend to pray for us, but we never pray to her for stuff. That's only reserved for God. The same goes for saints. Saints are there to pray for us as well.
Okay, this little paragraph is not exhausive. This is probably only scratching the surface of Catholicism, but 4.30am now and I'm tired.
Have a Merry Christmas, people!
God Bless You.
posted by Adelyn @ 3:18 AM
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