Does being in a state of grace make my prayer more powerful?

How do you know God is listening to your prayers? If you are in the state of grace, are your prayers more powerful? Fr Kubicki answers the question in this video.

Walk by faith, not by sight!

THank God that we can see...

Psalms
Chapter 146

Hallelujah! 
Praise the LORD, my soul; I shall praise the LORD all my life, sing praise to my God while I live. 
I Put no trust in princes, in mere mortals powerless to save.
When they breathe their last, they return to the earth; that day all their planning comes to nothing.
Happy those whose help is Jacob's God, whose hope is in the LORD, their God, 
The maker of heaven and earth, the seas and all that is in them, Who keeps faith forever, 
secures justice for the oppressed, gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free; 
the LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous. 
The LORD protects the stranger, sustains the orphan and the widow, but thwarts the way of the wicked. 
The LORD shall reign forever, your God, Zion, through all generations! Hallelujah!

Be part of the Youth Rally this year! Join us on stage!

If you are keen to be an actor (or know someone who is) and wish to be part of the CAYC Youth Rally, Walk on Water Productions is looking for youth actors to be part of the rally drama component.

Write to us or call Joyce at 96483895 if you are interested. Spread the word around!

Why go to Church?

If this question still boggles you, read on!
If you're spiritually alive, you're going to love this!
If you're spiritually dead, you won't want to read it.
If you're spiritually curious, there is still hope!


Why Go To Church?


A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday.. "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all."

This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:

"I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals.. But I do know this ... They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today.

Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!" When you are DOWN to nothing ... God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!

 

Becoming Saints?

Hi all,

As I was pondering over the homily of Novena service at Novena church (St Alphonsus' church) last Saturday, it was about how we can become the saints. As Mother Teresa said, we really don't need the high IQ, higher studies like degree, master, phD, fame and money to become the saints. Just simply pick the pin on the floor so that the children will not hurt their feet when they run across the corridor. It meant that we have to do lesser things but with great love. That's how we can be the saints. Really. Just act your normal life but do anything with great love. Ask God to give you the great love. That was what the priest (I don't know his name) preached. He also said he always did simple things like preaching in the church with great love. He could not say, "Aiyah, it's so tiring and boring. Just do it fast and quick." but did it with much zeal and eagerness. If he did it without love, he's like the machine. It reminds me of some verses: "1.I may be able to speak languages of men and even of angels, but if I have no love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell. 2.I may have the gift of inspired preaching; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains - but if I have no love, I am nothing. 3. I may give away everything I have, and even give up my body to be burned - but if I have no love, this does me no good." (1 Cor 13:1-3 Good News Bible)

As I was discussing with my friend about it today, he showed me the story. Thought it might be good and inspiring story for you.

http://pedicularis.blogspot.com/2008/04/donut-story.html

Cheers!

With love in Christ,
~Michael