As expected, a friend commented that I sound like a pharisee in the previous entry haha...
Well, if I read such entry, I will think the same, but I'm just telling the truth. =p
The past 1 year, I've lost almost all my friends whom I used to hang out with because we have nothing in common anymore. In fact, they could bring bad influences for me. However, God replaced them with many, many new friends in the Church. Well, I've known many friends (mostly Catholics) from different parishes, nationalities, interests, etc. I've even made friends with religious sisters/brothers and also missionary priests in other countries.
I learnt a lot from them, especially those who do not reside in Singapore. Many of them do not have the privilege that we have here, especially daily mass. An island near my hometown in Indonesia only have Mass once a month due to lack of priests, whereas in my parish in Indonesia, daily mass is only once a day; Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in the morning (5.30am) and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in the evening (6pm). Usually I can only attend the evening ones.
That's why I started attended daily mass here, so many Churches with different timing. I can choose to attend morning mass, lunch-time mass and evening mass, I've not heard any country like Singapore; 30 Churches islandwide and all have daily mass at least twice a day. What a blessing!
Attending daily mass is a way of saying thank you to God for the privilege that I have in Singapore. =)
Well, if I read such entry, I will think the same, but I'm just telling the truth. =p
The past 1 year, I've lost almost all my friends whom I used to hang out with because we have nothing in common anymore. In fact, they could bring bad influences for me. However, God replaced them with many, many new friends in the Church. Well, I've known many friends (mostly Catholics) from different parishes, nationalities, interests, etc. I've even made friends with religious sisters/brothers and also missionary priests in other countries.
I learnt a lot from them, especially those who do not reside in Singapore. Many of them do not have the privilege that we have here, especially daily mass. An island near my hometown in Indonesia only have Mass once a month due to lack of priests, whereas in my parish in Indonesia, daily mass is only once a day; Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in the morning (5.30am) and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in the evening (6pm). Usually I can only attend the evening ones.
That's why I started attended daily mass here, so many Churches with different timing. I can choose to attend morning mass, lunch-time mass and evening mass, I've not heard any country like Singapore; 30 Churches islandwide and all have daily mass at least twice a day. What a blessing!
Attending daily mass is a way of saying thank you to God for the privilege that I have in Singapore. =)
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