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 …
usually during christmas, it had been the tradition of some christian homes to have the turkey as christmas thanksgiving dinner. of course those who can’t cook the turkey at home, will go to restaurants or hotels to get to eat the turkey…. but alas, now, if you drop in a …
By James F. Colaianni The Christmas story reminds us once again it was not man’s idea that the Son of God should be born in a stable. And so the first thing we learn from Jesus’ birth is that the Lord will not always be found where we expect to …
hi there! right now i’m in my brother’s house (in singapore) typing this. i see i had missed a lot of interesting news, especially the one about registering bloggers. i spy it from what a lulu’s blog first. later, i notice our taiko blogger, jeff ooi had also blog on …
this is in reference to my post ‘we will respond with prayers‘. most churches in the diocese today will be using this prayer service format as prepared by one of the priest who is a liturgist. the introduction to the prayer goes like this: Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, …
the keris waving and all those racist and seditous remarks of the umnoputra in the recently ended general assembly really draw the world attention. many foreign media had reported about it… and now the latest, it was in newsweek… with the heading ‘drifting towards extremism‘. The meeting of the united …
1st dec. 2006 had been declared by our bishop as a day of prayer, fast and penance in response to the mob gathering at the church of our lady of lourdes, silibin, ipoh. yes, we respond with prayers and not demonstration. though the leaders of the demonstrators had refused to …
we all know that ‘islam’ means ‘submission to god’ in arabic, don’t we? you don’t? good. then now you are learning from me. 🙂 islam grants freedom to its adherents because submission to god cannot take place through force or compulsion. freedom of expression and freedom of choice were the …
UPDATED: …or better still, perak mufti should apologise (to the church). he was instrumental in instigating the mob to gather at the church!! —– so they had found the woman who started the whole thing (so according to the perak mufti) and charged her. why her? why not perak mufti, …
UPDATED: forgot to include this very good article from azly rahman, found on lim kit siang’s blog: malay nationalism and post industrial tribalism on the issue of those umnoputra screaming thier heads off on ‘don’t question our malay rights/islam’ – the recently ended UMNO ethnic bashing forum, remember?… here i …