Sunday, November 21, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=462GNf0nl4c&feature=player_embedded i have been listening to this song and it really spoke to me
Saturday, November 20, 2010
WHY IS THERE NO LOG RETREAT?
NIGEL
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Reflections from Catholic Spirituality Centre
Hello, this from a reflection from Catholic Spirituality Centre that pong showed me. They update everyday i think: http://www.csctr.org/scripture_reflections.htm
The danger is that if we do not “wake up; revive what little you have left”, we would eventually allow the apostolic life to destroy ourselves. Isn’t this what the devil wants of us, that we be so active in serving the Church, engaging in apostolic activities, so much so that we have no time to look after our own spiritual life, especially time for prayer and proper discernment? The warning of the Holy Spirit is clear. “Repent. If you do not wake up, I shall come to you like a thief, without telling you at what hour to expect me.” How great a tragedy it would be for us to find that we who have given much of ourselves in service are disqualified from the kingdom of God, unlike our listeners?
Just reminds me to keep praying and not just do stuff...
pong!
Monday, November 15, 2010
von says:
okay pple. i confess. know why log blog closed down? cos i owe god two posts already. hahah. no im serious. it was his way of bugging me. tt's why blogger so efficient. he take down the blog to scare me, but actually he wants the blog to stay. lol. so anyways, this is really late but its a thanksgiving update. i've shared before the biggest challenge in my life right now is my r/s with my mom, and tt my sis and i share the same struggle (altho not struggling tgt). so before sec3 retreat, my sis kinda had a trash talk with my mom in one of their arguments. i dont really know what she said cos i wasnt there la. then my mom came home and complained to me. and tt kinda gave me the opportunity to tell her what we really feel and play the middle man. previously i felt tt i didnt want to face it, i just wanted to run away. but there was a very very small part of me tt prayed we would talk it out and reconcile. it felt like too much to hope for. but it was answered eventually praise god. it was reassurance from god tt my mom did love us, at least she tries to, and tt she just didnt know how. its not a battle won yet. we're still a long way from where god wants us to be i think. but there was a start and god provided it. yay.
okay second thing i need to blog about. hahah. i was having a lively discussion with my non-christian friends about relationships and marriage and stuff related to TOB etc. it kinda shocked me tt most of them thought about adoption of kids without getting married. okay i admit, it crossed my mind before. think about it, many benefits right. you get to bring up your kid the way you want, no risk of husband/wife turning crazy and abusive on the family, no cheating of husband/wife, somebody to take care of you when you grow old etc. with equality of the sexes, esp in a country like sg, having a mother is as good as having a father (in terms of income, education, values). why need two parents? but only when i was having this discussion did i realise how wrong it was. i guess it goes back to the whole idea of marriage as god meant it to be. tt the two shld be inseparable and they shld bear fruit. so a child shld not come from anywhere other than a marriage. even jesus didnt come from a singe parent family altho all circumstances would result in one in this modern world. still, i dont think tt is a strong enough argument to convince a non-christian. if they dont know christ, dont know TOB, then how?
melmel, mark tang, soo?
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Hello everyone :)
Just a quote I want to share, which really spoke to me, since I've been struggling recently with this obsession with making my dreams come true, this obsession with pushing myself to my limits, and every single time I don't think I did myself justice, I'll beat myself up about it, and it really was becoming an obsession, it's kind of like I don't trust God? I kind of feel like if I let it go I'd lose control. Ok, you get the idea, it's an obsession, and it was driving me nuts with frustration. So here's the quote -
"Never be in a hurry. Do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. Commend all to God, and then be still and be at rest in his bosom . Whatever happens, abide steadfast in determination to cling simply to God. Maintain simplicity of mind, and do not smother yourself with a host of cares, wishes, or longings, under any pretext." - St. Francis de Sales
I don't think that needs any elaboration. And I guess I'm really still struggling, and kind of trying to let it go and leave it up to God, I'm slowly easing into it, and I can see how it doesn't mean if I let go, means I stop trying, it just means God has a much easier time of getting me to do it His way instead so Praise God :)
Another thing, I went for CONFESSION today. And I can't even remember how long it has been since I've taken communion. I guess I've always been waiting for the right time, when I was really ready to follow Christ again in my life, so I finally decided that it was time. And I'm really glad, it really felt so good to receive communion again, I felt like I drew close to God once again. So Praise God number two! :)
And one last thing, I really wish I could spend more lunches with you guys on Sunday ): Once december starts again I'll disappear again. ): SAD.
MUCH LOVE TO EVERYONE,
Rice (:
Saturday, November 06, 2010
The life after death
Hello LOG =)
Maryanne, Poey, Mark, Dom & I (Greg) were at sharing on Friday. As we were at sharing somehow we got to talking about the life after death that is Heaven, Purgatory, Hell. Since we were talking about this I remembered about an e-mail. Anyways, my dad received this email about this priest and his testimony a couple of weeks back and my dad asked me to read it. It was quite an interesting testimony to read especially if you ever wondered about your death. And sorry LOG Girls who have not thought about death and stuff Haha Maryanne says "it is such a morbid thing to do". So yeah, I am putting the URL of the churches website where the priest testimony is and if you are curious you can go take a look.
http://www.stmarymacclenny.com/story.html
Okay got to get back to studying. Please continue to pray for all the O'level people as we run this last week or 10 days++. I can almost smell freedom =)
Greg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=462GNf0nl4c&feature=player_embedded i have been listening to this song and it really spoke to me
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______________________________________________Saturday, November 20, 2010
WHY IS THERE NO LOG RETREAT?
NIGEL
5 Comments:
haha because with retreats comes lot of planning? though i do agree, a retreat might be good. :D
By 
jes,
November 20, 2010 12:55 AM
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By jes,
November 20, 2010 12:55 AM
Hi Nigel, nothing has been planned yet cuz most of us are really really busy with our uni exams, maybe you could propose a date/theme/location for a retreat and we'll core after our exams to see if we can plan anything alright!
-Soo
By 
,
November 20, 2010 10:37 PM
be as a community should decide as we sould as one community not 1 by 1 so i think its better if we decide as a community and put aside our differences and think of something and really walk this path together. nigel
By ,
November 21, 2010 10:54 PM
i dont mind planning but ppl plan with me?
By poey,
November 30, 2010 9:36 AM
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Reflections from Catholic Spirituality Centre
Hello, this from a reflection from Catholic Spirituality Centre that pong showed me. They update everyday i think: http://www.csctr.org/scripture_reflections.htm
The danger is that if we do not “wake up; revive what little you have left”, we would eventually allow the apostolic life to destroy ourselves. Isn’t this what the devil wants of us, that we be so active in serving the Church, engaging in apostolic activities, so much so that we have no time to look after our own spiritual life, especially time for prayer and proper discernment? The warning of the Holy Spirit is clear. “Repent. If you do not wake up, I shall come to you like a thief, without telling you at what hour to expect me.” How great a tragedy it would be for us to find that we who have given much of ourselves in service are disqualified from the kingdom of God, unlike our listeners?
Just reminds me to keep praying and not just do stuff...
pong!
0 Comments:
______________________________________________Monday, November 15, 2010
von says:
okay pple. i confess. know why log blog closed down? cos i owe god two posts already. hahah. no im serious. it was his way of bugging me. tt's why blogger so efficient. he take down the blog to scare me, but actually he wants the blog to stay. lol. so anyways, this is really late but its a thanksgiving update. i've shared before the biggest challenge in my life right now is my r/s with my mom, and tt my sis and i share the same struggle (altho not struggling tgt). so before sec3 retreat, my sis kinda had a trash talk with my mom in one of their arguments. i dont really know what she said cos i wasnt there la. then my mom came home and complained to me. and tt kinda gave me the opportunity to tell her what we really feel and play the middle man. previously i felt tt i didnt want to face it, i just wanted to run away. but there was a very very small part of me tt prayed we would talk it out and reconcile. it felt like too much to hope for. but it was answered eventually praise god. it was reassurance from god tt my mom did love us, at least she tries to, and tt she just didnt know how. its not a battle won yet. we're still a long way from where god wants us to be i think. but there was a start and god provided it. yay.
okay second thing i need to blog about. hahah. i was having a lively discussion with my non-christian friends about relationships and marriage and stuff related to TOB etc. it kinda shocked me tt most of them thought about adoption of kids without getting married. okay i admit, it crossed my mind before. think about it, many benefits right. you get to bring up your kid the way you want, no risk of husband/wife turning crazy and abusive on the family, no cheating of husband/wife, somebody to take care of you when you grow old etc. with equality of the sexes, esp in a country like sg, having a mother is as good as having a father (in terms of income, education, values). why need two parents? but only when i was having this discussion did i realise how wrong it was. i guess it goes back to the whole idea of marriage as god meant it to be. tt the two shld be inseparable and they shld bear fruit. so a child shld not come from anywhere other than a marriage. even jesus didnt come from a singe parent family altho all circumstances would result in one in this modern world. still, i dont think tt is a strong enough argument to convince a non-christian. if they dont know christ, dont know TOB, then how?
melmel, mark tang, soo?
1 Comments:
well, the idea of adopting a child without getting married is selfish. all the reason that you have mentioned is for the benefit of the unmarried person but obviously the child would face much challenges while growing up
By mark.tang,
November 15, 2010 9:02 AM
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Hello everyone :)
Just a quote I want to share, which really spoke to me, since I've been struggling recently with this obsession with making my dreams come true, this obsession with pushing myself to my limits, and every single time I don't think I did myself justice, I'll beat myself up about it, and it really was becoming an obsession, it's kind of like I don't trust God? I kind of feel like if I let it go I'd lose control. Ok, you get the idea, it's an obsession, and it was driving me nuts with frustration. So here's the quote -
"Never be in a hurry. Do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. Commend all to God, and then be still and be at rest in his bosom . Whatever happens, abide steadfast in determination to cling simply to God. Maintain simplicity of mind, and do not smother yourself with a host of cares, wishes, or longings, under any pretext." - St. Francis de Sales
I don't think that needs any elaboration. And I guess I'm really still struggling, and kind of trying to let it go and leave it up to God, I'm slowly easing into it, and I can see how it doesn't mean if I let go, means I stop trying, it just means God has a much easier time of getting me to do it His way instead so Praise God :)
Another thing, I went for CONFESSION today. And I can't even remember how long it has been since I've taken communion. I guess I've always been waiting for the right time, when I was really ready to follow Christ again in my life, so I finally decided that it was time. And I'm really glad, it really felt so good to receive communion again, I felt like I drew close to God once again. So Praise God number two! :)
And one last thing, I really wish I could spend more lunches with you guys on Sunday ): Once december starts again I'll disappear again. ): SAD.
MUCH LOVE TO EVERYONE,
Rice (:
1 Comments:
PRAISE GOD!!!!
By ,
November 14, 2010 11:41 PM
Saturday, November 06, 2010
The life after death
Hello LOG =)
Maryanne, Poey, Mark, Dom & I (Greg) were at sharing on Friday. As we were at sharing somehow we got to talking about the life after death that is Heaven, Purgatory, Hell. Since we were talking about this I remembered about an e-mail. Anyways, my dad received this email about this priest and his testimony a couple of weeks back and my dad asked me to read it. It was quite an interesting testimony to read especially if you ever wondered about your death. And sorry LOG Girls who have not thought about death and stuff Haha Maryanne says "it is such a morbid thing to do". So yeah, I am putting the URL of the churches website where the priest testimony is and if you are curious you can go take a look.
http://www.stmarymacclenny.com/story.html
Okay got to get back to studying. Please continue to pray for all the O'level people as we run this last week or 10 days++. I can almost smell freedom =)
Greg