church built by orang asli on own private land, with their own money, demolished by the jabatan hal ehwal orang asli (JHEOA)!! now you see it… now you don’t… heard about it on 9 june from bob’s blog. he had a good chronoiogical narrative of the issue. then …
today in our catholic calendar, it is ascension day, a holy day of obligation. or to be more ‘churchy’ correct, ‘feast of the ascension of the lord jesus’. it is a day where the lord, jesus christ ascended into heaven after his death and ressurection. by ‘obligation’ it means we …
i always enjoy poems by helen steiner rice. i had used this poem for our parish notice board and also for our penang diocese website, and i’m going to use it here too as i love this poem very much and find it full of meaning. ——————– ‘Easter Reflections’ by …
… and why no public holiday? oh silly me! this is muslim country lah, not christian country! not forgetting that one very exremist muslim blogger might exclaimed why give a public holiday or why celebrate "a half-naked man hanging on the cross" (i remember those were his words). gee, he …
UPDATED: link to lots of articles on this issue including one from asia news with heading ‘ catholic bishop wants constitution respected, christians protected from islamic law’ – read this post of beritamalaysia. part I. ok now i’m going to append below the 2 statements issued by the malaysian consultative …
since today is a sunday, the ‘day of the lord’, here’s something about the lord himself, jesus christ. strictly for christians only. yeah in case if you are not a christian, reading it might turn you into a christian. lol. well that’s what some parents (and non parents too) were …
NOTE: this is a very christian post so if you are a christian, you might know all these already, so don’t read. OTOH if you are a non christian, you might not be interested, so don’t read. huh? then nobody woukd be reading it! heh. never mind lah. better read …
everybody knows that 1 jan is new year’s day but i guess that only catholics knows that 1 jan is also the feast of mary, mother of god and… maybe this is more well known… it is also world day of peace. yes, 1 jan had been declared by the …
can you believe it that for this year i put up my christmas tree (picture above) only on 24 dec, i.e. christmas eve. well i guess for those who know me well enough that i always leave things to last minute, they can believe it! haha. anyway, to us catholics, …
Mend a quarrel. Build peace. Seek out a forgotten friend. Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust. Write a love letter. Share some treasure. Give a soft answer. Encourage youth. Manifest our loyalty in word and deed. Keep a promise. Find the time. Forego a grudge. Forgive an enemy. Listen. …