There is often a piecemeal approach to Scripture. People are confused because they take bits and pieces of Scripture, or they pick and choose the Scripture passages to suit their own purposes. These commit a serious fallacy, presenting an imprecise and erroneous way to approach Scripture. Scripture is not considered in its entirety and as a whole. For example, people [...]
Why would our Lord Jesus Christ bring only three of his apostles up a mountain and leave the rest behind? The choice of the Lord dwells within the mystery of his plan of salvation for each person. We can only propose opinions without any clarity as to how close we are to the truth or how distant are we from [...]
Our family recently attended a Family Camp 2023 in Batam, organised by our parish Church of Saint Michael. It was a new experience for us, as my husband is a free thinker, my son is in the beginning stages of his faith with Catechism class level 1, and I am still learning about my faith through RCIA. It was also [...]
Drinking more deeply from the living waters of our faith Young one, words of wisdom, you must listen! To refuse, you cannot. Retreats are woven into the RCIA process to give our catechumens opportunities to encounter God, delve more deeply into our faith and bond with one another. The second retreat of our journey, the Faith and Life Retreat, was [...]
In Genesis 31: 34-35, “Meanwhile Rachel had taken the household images, put them inside the camel’s saddlebag, and seated herself upon them. When Laban had rummaged through her whole tent without finding them, she said to her father, “Do not let my lord be angry that I cannot rise in your presence; I am having my period.” So, despite his [...]
The First Reading and the Responsorial Psalms contain tones of restlessness and complain. The prophet Jeremiah in the First Reading was experiencing such tumult as he fought futilely against the onslaught of despair, sorrow, and terror. As a prophet of God, he was afraid for his life, so much so that he scolded God for beguiling him with a [...]
My family keeps a pet hamster, well technically it belongs to my sister, but we take turns taking care of it when she goes away on holiday. Recently, this pet hamster passed on. It was 2 and a half years old – considered very old in hamster age, and when it died, it had been struggling with hamster cancer in [...]
Encounter Change in Sunday EC Timing 11.15am EC will begin at 11.30am Effective 4 June 2023 Holy Hour Fri 7 July 2023 7pm Venue: Bethel Formation Acts of the Apostles 12, 15, 19 & 26 June 8pm St Michael Room Scripture Study with Br. Andre Register:tinyurl.com/CSMActsofApostlesJun2023 Intro [...]
Singapore’s population is aging, and households are having fewer children too. We are facing an unprecedented decline in vocations to the priestly and religious vocations. Following the results from a Catholic News 2008 survey, which then recorded the average age of priests in Singapore as 55 years old, the statistical results from the recent Catholic Conversation (Catholic.sg, 2021) show that [...]
In my younger days, I tried keeping pets with some disastrous and hilarious results. My Betta fighting fish lost the brilliant blue colour it had to turn a dull brown, and my goldfish spent their time trying to jump out of the receptacle they were held in. I did keep terrapins for a longer duration, but eventually released them into [...]
