World Youth Day, here I come!

Well, this is it, off I go to attend my very first World Youth Day (WYD). I don’t feel youth-y anymore, not since 2004. I feel like an old man. I’m glad seeing the pope will put my age into perspective.
I never blogged about WYD, so some of you might be hearing this for the [...]

Say ‘Yes’ To Sex

Assamite let me listen to a song today. It’s a rap song, written by a priest Father Stan Fortuna, CPF. It’s a song about sex. That was enough for me to raise my eyebrows at. I burst out into spontaneous laughter especially when I heard the words “Humanae Vitae” and “Gaudium et Spes” in the [...]

God made man in the image of himself… male and female he created them

In the first chapter of the first book of the Bible, God made man in the image of himself… male and female he created them. And God blessed them, saying to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and conquer it.” (Gen 1:27) That’s the very first commandment that God gives to man.
In the second [...]

Book Review - Carpe Jugulum

I have never read Terry Pratchett books, despite pressure from several friends to do so. But after two years, Nutella finally coerced me to try reading one book. She took me to Bishan Community Library and showed me the whole array of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books. She bade me pick one.
I chose the one titled [...]

What Matters!

Wonderfully Made! is having a series of monthly talks on Theology of the Body, Relationships, and the Spirituality of Youth and Young Adults:
20 Feb 2008:
“Growing up Male and Female: The (sometimes rocky) Road to Sexual Maturity” by Br Collin Wee
27 Mar 2008:
“Male and Female in His Image: Being a Man of God” [...]

Wednesday, January 10 - Fear is driven out by perfect love

1 John 4:11-18
My dear people,
since God has loved us so much,
we too should love one another>
No one has ever seen God;
but as long as we love one another
God will live in us
and his love will be complete in us.
We can know that we are living in him
and he is living in us
because he lets us [...]

Friday, December 21 - God’s Eternal Plan

Song of Songs 2:8-14
I hear my Beloved.
See how he comes
leaping on the mountains,
bounding over the hills.
My Beloved is like a gazelle,
like a young stag.
See where he stands
behind our wall.
He looks in at the window,
he peers through the lattice.
My Beloved lifts up his voice,
he says to me,
“Come then, my love,
my lovely [...]

Thursday, November 22 - Defending Christianity From Attacks

1 Maccabees 2:15-29
The commissioners of King Antiochus who were enforcing the apostasy came to the town of Modein to make the Israelites sacrifice. Many Israelites gathered round them, but Mattathias and his sons drew apart. the king’s commissioners then addressed Mattathias as follows, “You are a respected leader, a great man [...]

Tuesday, November 13 - Is your love life-giving?

Some people, like Fritz Perls in the following “Gestalt Prayer”, advocate a particular life-style:
I do my thing and you do your thing.
I am not in this world to live up to your expectations.
And you are not in this world to live up to mine.
You are you and I am I;
If by chance [...]

Sunday, November 11 - Will There Be Marriage In Heaven?

The Interview With Jesus (Part 2)
(Part 1 of The Interview With Jesus is here.)
“You are impossible,” he laughed. “Are not you happy to spend a few friendly minutes with me without trying to get some new insights for your lousy, I mean, brilliant class lecture?”
“You are [...]